Police arrest wanted man, four others

WANTED MAN: Marlon Jeffery

 

Georgetown: A man, who escaped from custody while he was a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), was Sunday morning arrested inside a barrel at a house at Agricola, East Bank Demerara.

The wanted man, Marlon Jeffery was Sunday morning recaptured at a house in Brutus Street, Agricola.

Four persons, inclusive of two females who were in the house, have been taken into custody. Marlon Jeffrey was found hiding in a barrel. Also known as “Melvor Jeffery” or “Buck”, he was wanted escaping from lawful custody at the hospital on July 19, 2017.

He was held for possession of firearm and ammunition and two counts of discharging a loaded firearm.

Jeffery lived at Agricola.