Piari Landing attack…Police rescue naked, hungry, shivering bandits

Oct 07, 2011 News

After days of combing the Puruni area the police finally claimed ‘mission accomplished’ with the capture of the three remaining bandits from last Sunday night’s raid at Piari Landing.
In fact the three remaining suspects were rescued by the police party hunting them.
They were found around 16:00 hours yesterday, almost naked, shivering and hungry on a huge rock in the river, some four miles from where their boat had capsized. They were unarmed having probably disposed of their weapons or lost it when the boat capsized.
According to a source, had the police not arrived, they might have starved to death.
“They were grateful when the ranks turned up. They (ranks) gave them food, and covered them with sheets,” the source said.
Reports reaching this newspaper indicated that the gang was assembled in the city, since all of them gave Georgetown addresses, including Laing Avenue.
Barticians were loud in their praise for the hunting party when they returned there around 21:00 hours with the captured bandits.
The party comprised ranks from the Bartica Police Station who were led by Officer-in-Charge, Assistant Superintendent Moore and another team from the Tactical Services Unit under the command of a Cadet Officer.
“You cannot say that they surrendered because they had nowhere to go. Our boys did a great job,” the source said.
The capture of the remaining bandits confirmed that the gang had nine members.
On Monday when the police launched their operation they managed to capture three of the bandits. They also recovered the body of another from the river.
A day later, the badly decomposed bodies of two more bandits surfaced. There are reports that they were buried near where they were found.
Kaieteur News understands that the mastermind of the attack was among the first set of bandits captured. He had reportedly given the police an incorrect name.
However he was positively identified by two persons who claimed that he had robbed them a little over a month ago in the general area.
He, along with the two others who were captured earlier, is expected to appear in court today.
On Sunday night, five persons were wounded when a gang of armed bandits raided the gold mining community of Piari in the Puruni River.
The gang made off with about $30 million in cash and raw gold during a violent spree that lasted close to three hours.
The gang opened fire indiscriminately, while relieving the terrified miners, many of whom were at the Piari Landing where a number of shops are located.
The men had also robbed several mining camps along the Puruni River, hours before the Piari Landing attack.
Eyewitnesses spoke of persons running into the dark bush under a hail of bullets to escape the masked men. One of them even spent hours hiding in a creek.

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