The Guyana Police Force early yesterday morning conducted coordinated searches in its three Divisions ‘A’ ‘B’ and ‘C.’ The searches also saw the police cordoning off several areas.

In ‘A’ Division-Georgetown, East Bank Demerara a total of 26 buildings were searched according to the police. In Georgetown, Sophia and at Kaneville East Bank Demerara fifty men and six women were arrested pending investigations into various offences including robbery under arms, trafficking in Narcotics and break and enter and larceny.
During the searches also an unlicensed 16 gauge sawn-off shot gun was discovered in the home of a murder suspect who the police were up to late yesterday still trying to locate. The man is suspected to be involved in the killing of Mark London on Thursday morning in an attempted robbery.
In addition, the police searches in ‘A’ Division also netted 695 grammes of cannabis sativa and nine grammes of cocaine.
In the searches in ‘B’ Division-Berbice, six buildings were searched in the Alness, Limlair, Nurney and Salton area, Corentyne during which the police were able to recover an air rifle. According to a police press release issued yesterday, seven men have been arrested pending investigations into robbery under arms break and enter and larceny.
Meanwhile, on the East Coast of Demerara in ‘C’ Division a total of 26 buildings were searched in the Sophia, Vryheid’s Lust, Cummings Lodge, Turkeyen and Better Hope South communities.
Those searches saw nine men and three women being arrested pending investigations into robbery under arms and break and enter and larceny. In addition, two motor cycles that are suspected to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained have been seized by the police.
Yesterday, this newspaper was informed that the persons who were arrested were being profiled and their finger prints being taken. It was unclear up to late last evening if any of the prints of the persons who were detained matched those which were lifted from any crime scenes.