A police rank and a mechanic are in custody as investigations continue into the alleged theft of a motorcar on Sunday night.
The car, a Toyota Premio with registration number HD 2132, was stolen following an accident at Providence. The car which belongs to a 34-year-old taxi driver, Rameshwar Singh, of Number 70 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, was forcibly taken when he exited his vehicle to examine damages it received from being hit by another vehicle.
Two days ago, cops went to a La Grange, West Bank Demerara workshop, where a search was carried out and several car parts belonging to HD 2132 along with some shipping documents were found and positively identified by Singh. As a result, the workshop owner was arrested and subsequently escorted to Diamond Police Station.
Acting on further information received, the police ranks proceeded to Kuru Kururu, East Bank Demerara, where HD 2387, a white old-model Premio, was found in a yard abandoned. This is suspected to be the car that struck Singh’s vehicle from behind on the night he was robbed.
Meanwhile, at about 08:00hrs yesterday, a police rank who is presently on seven days of sick leave was contacted by the investigators and questioned. The police rank then took investigators to Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara and pointed out a freshly sprayed-over ‘gun metal’ Toyota Premio, which was identified as Singh’s vehicle.
Despite being in a different colour, the victim and the investigators were able to identify the vehicle from the chassis number. Some of the parts were missing.
Investigations are ongoing.
