POLICE are investigating the discovery of a body at the Belladrum foreshore, West Coast Berbice, on Wednesday.
According to information from the Guyana Police Force (GPF), police at the Weldaad Station were notified about the discovery by an unknown caller around 11:20 hrs.

A party of police led by a sergeant visited the scene, and on arrival, the decomposed body of a male of East Indian descent was seen lying face down in the mud along the foreshore. The body was clad in a red t-shirt and short pants with no footwear.
The scene was processed and photographed, and the body was examined.

However, due to the advanced state of decomposition, no marks of violence could have been detected. The body was then taken to Bailey’s Funeral Parlour, where an autopsy will be conducted.

Around 15:10 hrs, Hardai Samlall, a 74-year-old pensioner residing at Lot 14 Harbon Spoon Dam, Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice, accompanied the police to the Bailey’s Funeral Parlour in an attempt to identify the body.
She identified the body to be that of her brother Ramdeo Samlall called ‘Monk’, a 49-year-old fisherman, who had gone missing at sea since April 12, 2024. Investigations are ongoing.