QUICK response from the police in “A” Division led to the capture of three men and the freeing of a woman whom they had abducted at gunpoint from her Diamond, East Bank Demerara home yesterday.

The Guyana Chronicle has been informed that the men had accused the woman of “messing up” a shipment of drugs which had been destined for England.

According to information received, the men showed up at the woman’s home with a car and discharged several rounds before ordering the woman to get dressed and join them.

It is not clear how the police became aware of the development, but they issued an all-station report over the police radio network, giving description of the men and the vehicle they were using. A police patrol conducting duties in Georgetown spotted and followed the vehicle, eventually cornering the men at a location in North Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

Following searches conducted on their persons and within the vehicle, the police unearthed a 9mm pistol and one live round, and the men and the woman were taken into custody.

Up to late yesterday, “A” Division police did not have anything on the men in terms of criminal records, nor were the men wanted in that division for any offence. However, their particulars were passed on to the Criminal Investigation Department and the intelligence arm of the Guyana Police Force for further checks to determine if they were/are of interest to the police.

(Leroy Smith)