A man who thought that the Georgetown seawall was the safest place to have sex with a nine-year-old boy, spent a night in the Brickdam Lock-ups, after he was caught by the probing eyes of ranks of a Police Mobile Patrol Unit.
However, the man was released after police could not locate the nine-year-old victim.
The incident occurred on Friday night.
Reports reaching this newspaper stated that the police ranks were patrolling the seawall when they observed two persons in a vehicle, one of whom they suspected was a juvenile.
They stopped and were approaching the car when they young boy jumped out and ran away. They arrested the male occupant who had already dropped his pants, revealing his privates.
Kaieteur News understands that the man admitted that he was in the company of a minor and was in the process of having sex when the police intervened.
He was arrested and taken to the Brickdam Police Station.
But since the police could not locate the juvenile, they were forced to release the man.