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Missing Crabwood Creek Vendor…Man last seen entering private car at Berbice Bridge entrance, Palmyra
Missing: Saeed Hamid
It has been close to two weeks since Crabwood Creek wholesale vendor, Saeed Hamid, called ‘Sayo’ went missing. And with no new information from ‘B’ Division police as it relates to the investigation, speculation and rumours have begun to surface among relatives, friends and Berbicians.
Digging deeper into the events surrounding the man’s disappearance 12 days ago, reports are that the vendor had visited his friend at the Skeldon Market on April 18, 2018 at approximately 8:00 am and had engaged him in a conversation.
The “friend” he revealed that Hamid had mentioned that a customer owed him some $160,000 for items he credited to the customer.
“He told me that a man owe he for some things that the (customer) took from him a week prior to when he went missing. He said how he was told that the customer from somewhere in Parika and he tell me that he will go in search of this man for his money,” the friend said.
According to him, Hamid complained that the individual took the items and was expected to make payments at a given time but this did not happen, hence Hamid opted to search for the customer.
Meanwhile, from information gathered by a senior police source, the driver who picked up Hamid from his home at Lot 41 Crabwood Creek was questioned on Friday. He revealed that while he was assisting the vendor to load items (microwave, two amplifiers and a box) into the car, (Hamid) received a cell phone call.
“The vendor told the person that he just left home,” the police source detailed.
The source also explained that the driver further added that during the journey, Hamid received about five phone calls inquiring where he was. “He kept saying, ah coming, ah coming.”
Hamid’s destination was to Palmyra, Berbice Bridge entrance where a car was scheduled to pick him up. They arrived at the bridge approximately 10:30 AM when a private white Toyota Premio pulled up alongside the car Hamid was in. The driver of the Toyota Premio was described as “about 5ft 6″, a little chubby and East Indian.”
The Premio driver assisted in offloading the items into to his car. Hamid then entered the vehicle and it headed over the bridge.
Divisional Commander Lyndon Alves who remains tight lipped on the matter has thus far said, “We are still investigating.”
Hamid’s eldest son was also questioned on Friday and sent away.
This publication had initially reported that Hamid was a key witness in the murder trial against his son, Asif Hamid who is accused of murdering a businessman from Number 36 Village.
During the Preliminary Inquiry of the murder, Hamid and his wife had separated. She was reportedly reluctant to give evidence against her murder accused son but Hamid was adamant to go ahead with it. Kaieteur News was told by a police close to the investigation that the ex-wife had migrated to overseas over a year ago, but relatives of the woman denied such and confirmed that she lives on the East Bank Demerara.
It is unclear whether police made contact with the woman for questioning in relation to Hamid’s disappearance.
Saeed ‘Sayo’ Hamid left his home at Crabwood Creek on 18th April, 2018 and has not been seen since. He reportedly told his youngest son, 16, that he was going out and will return to prepare dinner. After the entire night passed, the following day the teenager made contact with his eldest brother who lives in Georgetown and informed him that their father had not returned home.
A report was subsequently made by the siblings on April 20, at the Springlands Police Station.
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