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Fuel-smuggling soldiers to be court-martialed

Nov 21, 2009 News

The three coast guard ranks who were nabbed last month with a quantity of smuggled fuel are to be court- martialed, a senior army official said yesterday.
However, the official was unable to say when the court martial hearing will be held.
The ranks, including a lieutenant, were arrested by police ranks in late October while travelling in a wooden boat near Parika.
The soldiers, who were in civilian clothing, were found with three and a half drums of fuel, four cellular phones, one Global Positioning System (GPS) and $116,000 aboard.
Tests conducted by the Guyana Energy Authority revealed that the fuel was smuggled.
The lieutenant was also in possession of his service pistol and five matching rounds.
The army stated that the ranks made an “unauthorised” trip from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) coastguard base at Morawhanna in Region One (Barima/Waini).
According to the statement, the men aroused suspicion after they started asking for directions to Parika, while on the Essequibo River. Residents then alerted the police and the men were detained.
Army officials had said that the boat the ranks were using belonged to a Better Hope, East Coast Demerara resident who operates a boat service from Charity to the North West District.
A joint criminal investigation involving representatives of the Guyana Police Force, the GDF G2 Branch and the Coast Guard was conducted.

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