–Commander Brian Joseph

‘B’ DIVISION Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr Brian Joseph told the Guyana Chronicle recently that he has recommended and requested from Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud an additional boat to patrol the waterways in that division.Asked whether the police were encountering any challenges in policing the waterways in his Division, Joseph responded in the negative. The Division has two boats, he said, one of which is presently operational, and the Force has recently acquired parts to carry out mechanical works to return the other boat to active duty.

Commander Joseph said “B” Division police do not have issues with policing the waterways, and the boat which is presently operational has been serving the division fairly well.

He added that Berbice River areas are not known for much waterway crimes, but the police have been able to determine that the most prevalent criminal activity occurring there is the cultivation of marijuana.

Joseph also said that the division recently recorded what is being dubbed as its largest ever seizure of marijuana in an operation which was carried out earlier this year.