A RICE farmer of Number 11 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, is seeking help in locating his stolen car after it vanished on the Number 11 Village Public Road, a short distance away from his home.The car, a silver Toyota Primo bearing licence plate number PSS 5967 and the name “Kingsley”,was stolen on February 28 between 18:00-18:30 hrs.
According to Baldeo Sooknandan, his son parked the car to drive home an unlit tractor and when they returned 15 minutes after, the car was nowhere to be seen.
“We just come out from the backdam like around 6:30 (PM) and me had the pick-up and me son had he car which did park on the road.So the place got late and I tell him to leave the car and drive the tractor behind me,because it nah get light, so we drive go home and like 15 minutes after we come back and me nah see the car on the road.”
Sooknandan explained that the car is usually left at the entrance of the dam that leads to the backdam in the event they have to run an errand.
He said he bought the car,which was fitted with high-powered stereo system,two years ago for $3.1M for his son.
Both his and his son’s driver’s license were in the vehicle, along with some other documents and a cheque for $1.5M.
As word spread of the car’s disappearance, he learnt from relatives that they recalled seeing a red car pulling up next to a car they were in, but they did not pay much attention to it at the time.
Sooknandan has made a report to the police and is calling on anyone with information on his car to contact the nearest police station.