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Apr 25, 2012 News
Three men and a woman remain in police custody as detectives continue their probe into the abduction of a Berbice man following a soured drug deal.
Yesterday, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud told this newspaper that they are still investigating several aspects of the matter. He did not elaborate.
On Monday, 28-year-old Paul Kirton was grabbed from his Berbice hideout by three men who handcuffed him and brought him to the city and demanded cash for the drugs that they had supplied him with.
However, Kirton managed to contact an associate who in turn contacted the police, leading to the capture of the abductors as they waited for the payment. Minutes later, police swooped down on a house in Eccles on the East Bank of Demerara where they found a relieved Kirton.
Two more people, a man and his wife who occupied the house were also arrested.
A fourth man made good his escape shortly before police confronted the gang.
Kirton had told investigators that he and a business partner had purchased some marijuana from two of the suspects and had paid them with raw gold. It turned out that what he claimed was raw gold was in fact copper.
This angered the marijuana suppliers who later contacted him and threatened to kill him if he did not come up with the real payment for the herb they had supplied.
It was while waiting for the promised payment that they were nabbed.
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