RANKS at Mocha Police Outpost early Saturday morning swooped down on a make-shift shack at Mocha Barnwell North and arrested Collis Beckles, 27, a man wanted by police.

Beckles was recently charged, tried and convicted for trafficking narcotics and was sentenced in abstentia by Berbice Senior Magistrate Alex Moore to two years in jail and fined $2M which is in accordance with the amount of cocaine found on him.

The police from the Mocha area acted on intelligence they received. The ranks, along with members of the Community Policing Group had posted posters of Beckles, an ex-Guyana Defence Force rank in the community which resulted in his capture.

At the shack where Beckles was found, clothing said to be the property of the Guyana Defense Force was in his possession as well as a haversack. It is unclear when he was discharged from the Guyana Defence Force and what procedures if any were adopted to ensure he returned his kit.