Suriname on Wednesday announced that it has detained a dozen Guyanese men for armed robberies at sea.
An Associated Press report out of Paramaribo, Suriname quoted Police spokesman Humphrey Naarden as saying that the men are believed to be behind the series of attacks plaguing Guyanese fishermen along the Corentyne coast.
Last week, the Surinamese police also detained the alleged ringleader of the pirates, Guyanese Kevin Narine.
The Guyana Government had urged Paramaribo to do more to apprehend pirates operating from there and local fishermen fed up with the attacks had also gone to Suriname where they assisted in several breakthroughs.
