CARLTON King, an 82-year-old resident of 845 3rd Street ‘A’ Field, South-West Cummings Lodge, believes that some police officers are in collusion with other residents of the area over a land dispute, after an “unnecessary invasion”.
Speaking to the Guyana Chronicle, King explained that on Thursday, December 14, a police officer dressed in a black uniform, stealthily got into his house as he was eating in his bedroom. He was armed with a gun while another in plainclothes perused the rest of his home.

He said that the officers related that his neighbours complained about a stench emanating from his residence and they feared he was dead. He bemoaned that this was an “unnecessary invasion” repeatedly after he explained that the officers that “broke open” the entrance to his house.

Numerous villagers were waiting outside his yard to see if the police had discovered him dead and he had recognized some of these people as persons he is currently at loggerheads with. King further explained that he manages a plot of land in the area owned by a friend who was unable to build any structure on the land due to financial constraints, but retains it as an asset. The elderly man related that he sought to help his unnamed friend and erected a structure on the land and took responsibility for taking care of it.

Recently, however, persons who King alleged were troublemakers and sought to acquire lands not their own, decided to take control of this plot of land. There has been a back-and-forth resulting in the other party burning the structure that King erected, so as to erect their own structure.

“The policemen are connected to the people trying to invade the plot,” the elderly man posited despite contending that they were very courteous. He also mentioned that he feels threatened by these actions, since the land was entrusted to him. Moreover, he said he visited the Turkeyen Police Station where he was informed that there is no information regarding the deployment of officers for this matter.

King is appealing to the relevant authorities to look into the matter, as he believes that he may be threatened again. He stressed too, “I’m not going to rest on this issue… I will resort to the higher political power.”