A man suspected to be the head of a piracy gang which carried out the gruesome April 27 piracy attack in Suriname waters was arrested by the police in Berbice.

The man identified as Premnauth Persaud called “Sanbad”,“Sinbad” and “Boy”, was captured by the police on Tuesday at Number 68 Village,East Berbice Corentyne.  His arrest is  seen as a major breakthrough for local law enforcement since he was being sought on both sides of the border since the attack.

Persaud is said the to be the ring leader who carried out the gruesome attack on four fishing vessels with combined 20 member crew. To date 11 fishermen remain missing and are presumed dead.

According to a source, Persaud is believed to have travelled back to Guyana on the ‘Cristina-1 SK-1221’ shortly after the attack on the fishermen.

Guyana Chronicle understands that the man and the other men allegedly took fisherman Gowkarran Outar called ‘Gavin’ as a hostage when they boarded the Cristina-1 on their journey back to Guyana.
As they neared their destination, they allegedly killed Outar and threw his body overboard. The body of the fisherman was discovered at Number 63 Beach on May 10.

Thus far the Surinamese Police have apprehended “ Crackhead” and “Bolo” ,two other suspected members of the piracy  gang.
Another suspect has been identified by the alias “Dick”. It is unclear whether he is custody in the neighbouring country or is being sought.
The men  were among the suspects identified by survivors in the gruesome massacre in Suriname waters.
The attack, suspected to be a revenge  act, occurred after the death of one Somnauth Manohar who was gunned down on March 30, allegedly at the hands of other fishermen.

Well known Corentyne businessman, Nakool Manohar called ‘Fyah’, the brother of Somnauth, has since been arraigned for the murder of one of the fishermen and is the suspected mastermind behind the attacks.Another man ,19-year-old Alexander Denhart was charged this week for the  murder of the fisherman.

Investigations are ongoing.