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Deportee nabbed, ‘Salt Fish’ wanted for robbing Corentyne resident

Sep 18, 2015 News

One man is in custody while the police hunt another following a robbery committed on a Corentyne resident on Sunday last on the No. 35 Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice.
According to information, around 18:30 hrs on Sunday, Bharrat Sookram, 26, of Friendship, Corentyne, Berbice was riding his motorcycle on his way home when he heard someone shout, “Stop, stop.”
He looked around and he noticed two men known to him as “Deportee” and “Salt fish” at the side of the road.
The men asked him for a drop up the road, but he refused. With that he was pulled of his bike by one of the men while the other stabbed him on his left side neck.  The two men then made off with the motor cycle.
Sookram was subsequently picked up and rushed to the New Amsterdam hospital where he was admitted for emergency treatment.
The matter was reported and the police began investigation. Acting on information the cops journeyed to Black Bush Polder on Tuesday where they recovered the motor cycle in an abandoned house.
Acting on further information the cops returned to the Black Bush area on Friday where they nabbed “Deportee”.
He has since told investigators that he and Sookram are friends and that the man lent him the bike to go home. He said that he learnt that the man got stabbed but he never made an effort to go and see him in hospital.

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