TWO men have been arrested, including the main suspect, in connection with the shooting incident involving Law Enforcement and Investigation Division (LEID) officials of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) at Dundee Mahaicony last Wednesday.

The officers, who were conducting a surveillance exercise based on intelligence received, came under heavy gunfire after detaining three minibuses containing 150 boxes of chicken for which no papers could be produced, and a car driven by the son of a suspected smuggler.
It is alleged that shortly after the keys for the vehicles and the cell phones of the occupants were taken into custody that the suspected smuggler himself and three accomplices pulled up in a grey Toyota Allion car, exited and opened fire in the direction of the LEID officials.

The officers were forced to retreat and take cover, while the detainees escaped in several waiting vehicles.
When the dust settled, the vehicle used by LEID officials to conduct the exercise was badly damaged after being riddled with bullets, as well as two of the detained minibuses. One officer who was not so fortunate was injured about the body with pellets allegedly fired from a shot gun.

During the incident Yogeshwar Singh, 33 years, who resides in the vicinity, sustained a grazed wound to his forehead from a stray bullet. He was medically treated.