SIXTY-FIVE persons have been picked up in cordon-and-search operations conducted on more than four dozen homes in the Police “A”, “B”, and “C” Divisions last Friday morning. Some will be profiled, and others would be questioned in relation to various crimes.

It has been confirmed that four will be appearing in court charged with offences.

The Guyana Chronicle has been reliably informed that those persons who are to be charged are from “C” Division, namely Sophia and Industry, ECD. Two of the four are to be charged with simple larceny offences while the other two are to be charged for break-and-enter offences.

The police in “C” Division have indicated that the four had been wanted for very serious offences, but had never been apprehended.

Meanwhile, police in “A” and “B” Divisions have indicated that they have not been able to match the prints of any of the detained persons to any previous crime scene, while no one has as yet been identified in the commissioning of any crime.

During the police search conducted on Friday, guns, cocaine and other illegal substances were unearthed, and the persons in whose possession or at whose property the items were discovered have been detained.

Today, several of those persons will be making court appearances in respect to what the police had unearthed. The police raids are usually coordinated based on intelligence regarding items, substances, persons for whom they have been looking over a period of time, and particular places or environments.

(By Leroy Smith)