A 23-year-old Labourer of Onderneeming/Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast, was released on $500,000 bail on Wednesday for shooting at a police detective.
Rajendra Moniram, appeared before Magistrate Esther Sam at the Wakenaam Magistrate’s Court.
He was not required to plead to the charge which alleged that, on September 29, 2023, at Onderneeming/Sand Pit, he discharged a loaded firearm on a police detective corporal who is attached to the Suddie Police Station.
The charge was laid under Section 55(a) of the Criminal Law Offences Act, Chapter 8:01.
He was granted bail, and the matter was adjourned until January 27, 2024.