Mazaruni : Today a team of police ranks acting on information received went into an area in the Mazaruni where they arrested three suspects and recovered an Uzi Sub-Machine gun and a handgun.
They also recovered the bodies of two persons who appeared to have drowned. One is that of a suspect while the other is that of a man wearing a Rasta hairstyle who was taken hostage by the perpetrators to drive a getaway boat.
Information received revealed that while the boat was travelling along the Mazaruni River it overturned and several persons may have drowned. No sign was seen of the boat that was stolen by the armed men.
The police are still in the area pursuing three other suspects and another man who is suspected of having transported the armed men to the Piara Landing had been earlier arrested at Piara and taken into custody.
The operation is continuing.
