…cops ask for more time to interrogate them

THE six alleged gunmen who were nabbed earlier this week during a roadblock at Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara in a stolen motor car were further detained in police custody as investigators moved to the High Court for an extension to further interrogate them.

The men who are in custody have been identified as Steve Hercules, 30, of Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara; Nabidigi Gobin,33 of Charlotte Street, Bourda; Reynard Khan,31, of Cooper Street, Albouystown; Mark Prince, 39, of Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara; Edward Skeete, 30, Independence Boulevard; and Marvin Blackman, 27, of South Ruimveldt.

The police had applied for the extension on Thursday and the six men are expected to be brought before the court in the new week.

On Tuesday, April 10, the six men were intercepted at the police roadblock with two 9 MM Glock pistols along with 22 live rounds, one Beretta pistol with 11 live rounds, a .32 Taurus pistol with six live rounds, one sledge hammer, two pairs of latex gloves and trade plates.
These items were found on the floor of the car by the police and upon examination, the police observed that the number PVV 6204 was engraved on the windscreen and lights of the car. The motor car was reportedly hijacked on March 25, 2018, at Princes Street, while its owner was working it as a taxi.

According to reports, the men earlier were in the act of robbing the residence of a Chinese man at Supply, EBD. However, the man’s son who was at home at the time heard a suspicious sound coming from outside and made checks.
Investigations uncovered persons trying to break into the property and when an alarm was sounded, the men ran from the area.

Later at the checkpoint, the above-mentioned items were found on the floor of the car by the police.

The six men in police custody are no strangers to investigators, since the detainees had been charged with offences similar in nature and were recently freed of murder in the High Court.

Skeete, called ‘Pretty Boy’ and Nabadinghi Gobin, called ‘Dangles’, were freed last February at the High Court for the murder of Mocha, EBD resident Ryan Clementson, who died at the GPHC after being attacked in the vicinity of Turning Point in Tucville, Georgetown, on July 14, 2015.

Meanwhile, Blackman’s rap sheet for charges at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court dates back to 2009. He is currently before the court for the $1.5M armed robbery committed on the Wild Caught Fresh Fish Depot in 2016.

However, in August 2017, he was charged for possession of a Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol and eight live rounds of 9mm ammunition. He was also charged with a series of armed robberies committed around Georgetown. Additionally, in 2011, he was charged with the $5.4M heist from the office of the Region 10 (Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice) Regional Democratic Council (RDC).

Mark Prince called ‘Fine Man’ and Renard Khan were jointly charged earlier this years for robbing a 66-year-old pastor of $1.8M as he left a city bank