FOUR fishermen were on Monday charged with the alleged $4.6 million pirate attack in Corentyne and refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, when they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The case will come up again on March 27th at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court.
On Monday the court heard that Mahendra Sancharan, 25; Rajendra Parsaram, 19; Sanjay Gambir, 18; and Vishnu Gambir, 22, while they were all armed with guns and cutlasses, allegedly stole from the fishing boat ‘Ana Teresa’ a quantity of items including a 75 horsepower Yamaha outboard engine, valued at $2 million. The vessel is owned by Vickash Balkisson.

According to the facts of the case, in addition to the engine the men are accused of having stolen 1 500 pounds of seine valued at $2 million; 11x 45-gallon plastic drums filled with gas, valued at $450, 000; food items to the cost of $150, 000 and two 24-Volts Power Master batteries valued at $60,000.

Police Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield objected to bail on the grounds that the matter is very serious and the fact that weapons were used. A fifth man, Shameer Haniff, was also charged with the same crime last week.