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Police yet to find evidence of Coast Guard link

Aug 27, 2009 News

Police Commissioner Henry Greene is insisting that investigators have not yet found any evidence to link a Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard vessel to the August 11 boat mishap near Hog Island that resulted in the deaths of Henry Gibson and Jainarine Dinanauth, and the disappearance of 10-year old Ricky Jainarine.
This is despite relatives of the victims and others being convinced otherwise.
“I’m not privy to any information as yet that the Coast Guard has been involved,” Greene told reporters yesterday.
Paint markings on their damaged boat showed that it was struck by a green boat, a colour similar to the one used by the GDF Coast Guard.
Incidentally three ranks from the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard appeared in a West Demerara court on Monday charged with the murder of Dweive Kant Ramdass whose body was found floating also in the Essequibo River.
This led to much speculation of a possible link to the Hog Island incident.
When Kaieteur News examined the Coast Guard boat it was observed that is was freshly painted at the front to possibly conceal the damage sustained as a result of an accident.
However, the paint job was hurriedly done since the original colour differed from the new paint.
There was also scratch marks on the outside of the boat which indicated that the boat might have been recently involved in an accident.
Some ‘regulars’ at the Parika Ferry Stelling indicated that following the Hog Island incident, the GDF Coast Guard vessel was not seen for three days.
The suspicions were fueled further when three ranks from the GDF Coast Guard were arrested after the abduction and subsequent murder of Dweive Kant Ramdass who was robbed of $17M.
The Police Commissioner assured that detectives will be devoting more time to the investigation.
“We were tied up with the other aspect of the matter. Now that these men have been charged we’ll devote some more time now towards going more in depth into what may have occurred,” the Commissioner said.
The Top Cop was not too optimistic about finding the 10-year-old alive.
“Based on all the evidence we have so far, it seems as though the boy might have drowned. We don’t know for sure, he’s just missing. Based on boat mishaps in the past, most times when those things happen, persons drown. Some persons drift, and drift out, we’re just hoping for the best,” Greene told the media yesterday.

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