Overseas investigators contacted after find at home of ‘wanted’ Guyanese businessman -Crime Chief

Overseas investigators contacted after find at home of ‘wanted’ Guyanese businessman –Crime Chief

Feb 14, 2019 News

The Guyana Police Force has contacted its overseas counterparts after a search of Oudit Narain Seenarain’s Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara residence,
Seenarain is listed as being wanted in the US for rape and several other serious offences.
Crime Chief Lyndon Alves said that ‘illegal stuff’, which he declined to identify, was found at the businessman’s residence.
He said that the discovery of these illegal items led to local police officials contacting investigators from overseas.
“We are in contact with them and are awaiting a response,” Alves said. Seenarain was detained on Monday, after an illegal firearm and ammunition were allegedly found at his home.
Kaieteur News understands that police had also searched Seenarain’s home some years ago.
Police sources say that during the tenure of Police Commissioner Henry Greene, Seenarain had assisted the Force in setting up their computer network.
The US Department of Justice Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has listed Seenarain as being wanted for Rape, Failure to appear, and firearms violations.
However, Alves said that he is unaware of Seenarain being wanted for any crime overseas.
According to a US Department of Justice report, on or about June 2005, Seenarain was arrested for federal firearms trafficking.
Seenarain failed to appear for his court hearing and the Northern District of Georgia Magistrate Judge issued another arrest warrant for him.

Oudit Narain Seenarain

Seenarain is also wanted by the Sheriff’s Office in Henry County, Georgia, for strong arm rape, kidnapping and sodomy.
In a March 2017 interview with Kaieteur News, Seenarain claimed that his name was removed from an INTERPOL list of wanted persons.
He alleged that his name was placed on the list after an individual accused him of kidnapping and assaulting another.
He stated that the alleged victim was taken into questioning and provided statements to the law enforcement officials in the US.
That individual was later reportedly charged with providing false statements.
Seenarain claimed, then, that after he had got wind that he was a part of Interpol’s most-wanted list, he immediately assembled a team of foreign attorneys and contested the accusations made by Interpol.
Legal documents were submitted to the agency dated July 18, 2016 and a reply was obtained from Interpol by letter on August 1, 2016.
Seenarain was informed by Interpol that his request was admissible and that it was being processed.
Interpol on September 12, 2016, allegedly informed the businessman that he had been removed from the list.
Expressing relief in March last year, Seenarain had said that he can move freely without looking over his shoulder.
Kaieteur News had checked the INTERPOL’s most wanted list and found that Seenarain’s name was indeed taken off.
However, additional checks to other sites showed that he was still on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearm (ATF) and Explosives Most Wanted list.
In a 2018 report, Kaieteur News had stated that Seenarain appeared to be back on a US Wanted Persons list.
Seenarain had allegedly bought 34 handguns from dealers during a two-week period in June 2005, according to court documents, during which time he told employees he planned to send the weapons to Guyana.
Seenarain faces a separate indictment in Henry County, Georgia, for strong-armed rape, intent to distribute controlled substances — including cocaine, ketamine and ecstasy — and receiving stolen property in July and November of 2003.

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