TWO male Brazilians, Jose Antonio Rodrigues Dos Santos, age 58 years, and Isac Aguiar Abreu, age 36 years, both miners from Boa Vista, Brazil, were arrested on Monday and charged with the offence of “purchasing gold from a person other than the board or agent authorised by the board.”
This specifically relates to Section (7)(2) of the Guyana Gold Board Act, Chapter 66:01, in contravention of Section 23 of the Guyana Gold Board Act, Chapter 66:01.
The two defendants appeared at the Lethem Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday before His Worship Magistrate Omadatt Chandan, where the charge was read, separately, to them. They both pleaded guilty.