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Abducted and shot carwash owner…Cops detain two, seek prime suspect

Jun 28, 2015 News

Police have detained a man and a woman from a Sophia residence in connection with last Friday’s bizarre abducting and shooting of carwash owner Devon Chung. They are seeking a third Sophia resident who a source described as the prime suspect.
Chung, 37, of Lot 142 Guyhoc Park, was shot in the chest and back at around 19.10 hrs, allegedly by two men who had abducted him from his wash bay at D’Urban Street and Vlissengen Road.
The men then dumped Chung in Plum Park, Sophia, after abandoning their vehicle, which ended up in a trench.
Kaieteur News understands that one of Chung’s abductors had a submachine gun. A member of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) was conversing with Chung when the gunmen attacked and he was relieved of his firearm.
A police release said that Chung was in conversation with another man, when two men who had firearms approached and held them up.
“The man with Devon Chung was placed to lie on the ground and his licensed pistol and ammunition taken away and Devon Chung was forced into a waiting motor car. He was taken into Sophia where he was shot to his chest and back and thrown out of the vehicle and the perpetrators escaped. The motor vehicle was found overboard in a trench in the area.
Devon Chung was taken to a hospital where he has been admitted for medical treatment,” the release stated.
“Investigations led to a search on a house at South Sophia where a .32 round was found. A man and a woman have been arrested and are in police custody assisting with investigations.”
Kaieteur News understands that the prime suspect lives at the same house but police failed to locate him. A police official said that investigators are examining various reports pertaining to the motive for the abduction.
The shooting and abduction comes just a week after the drug enforcement officers in the United States busted a shipment of shrimp with 268 kilos of cocaine. The estimated value of that cocaine in the United States was US$12 million.
The police also arrested 59-year-old Heeralall Sukdeo, of Sukdeo and Sons Fishing, a shipping company based in Queens, New York. Sukdeo often went by the name Randolph Fraser.

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