| … Brazilian shallow grave murderA team of detectives from the Criminal Investigations Department Headquarters will depart the city today for Lethem to assist in the investigation into the murder of a Brazilian man whose body was discovered in a shallow grave on Sunday.The Brazilian who was identified as Armando Da Silva, 26, was allegedly shot at point blank range with a shotgun last Friday and buried in a shallow grave in the Moco Moco Creek in the Kanuku Mountains,Cheap China Jerseys, several miles from Lethem.Police discovered this camp while searching for the shallow grave.Police digging up the shallow grave in which the body of Brazilian Armando Da Silva was buried. A Guyanese, Wycliff Smith,Cheap Jerseys From China, who reportedly boasted about killing the Brazilian, has been taken into custody. The police in a press release stated that on Saturday, acting on information that a man who was imbibing at the village of Moco Moco, was boasting of having murdered a man and burying the body, the police went to the village and arrested him.Subsequent investigations led to the arrest of two Brazilians in the same village. They were found to be in possession of a quantity of marijuana, and one of whom claimed that the suspect had killed his brother.Further enquiries and with the assistance of an interpreter, the police travelled to the mountains where they conducted a search. During the search the body of Brazilian Armando Da Silva, 26, who was the brother of one of the Brazilians arrested,Cheap Jerseys 2018, was found in a shallow grave.The police said that a field of about one acre in size with approximately 2,000 marijuana plants ranging in height from two feet to six feet,Cheap Jerseys From China Outlet, and a camp,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, were found by the police. A man who is the brother of the murder suspect was also arrested.Investigators are convinced that all the men were part of the same gang that was involved in the cultivation of marijuana in the Moco Moco area.Da Silva’s body was brought to Lethem and it was found to have sustained pellet wounds to the chest.Yesterday a team of investigators from the Lethem Police Station returned to the area to search for the murder weapon. Divisional Commander David Ramnarine told this newspaper that the suspect is silent, when asked if the man has indicated why the killing occurred.“He seems to be a hard nut. There is still quite a lot of work to be done,Cheap Jerseys For Sale,” Assistant Commissioner Ramnarine said. He joined residents of the Rupununi in commending the ranks on a job well done. He also pointed to the assistance given to his ranks by the Toshao, a media operative and other persons in the area.Alleged killer Wycliff Smith“I have always gone on record whenever the opportunity presented itself to give credit where it is due. It was painstaking work given the terrain. It brings out a clear message that if there is cooperation for a common good, a lot can be achieved,” Commander Ramnarine stated.Residents described the suspect, who was wanted by the police for drug trafficking and other offences, as dangerous and expressed relief at his capture. |
