Police yesterday morning rounded up close to a dozen men in the East Bank Demerara community of Agricola during a raid which the lawmen said was a routine exercise.
Angry residents taunted and hurled remarks at the policemen during the raid which began shortly after 5 am and ended sometime after 9 am.
Residents told reporters that most of the men were picked up from their homes, while others were stopped and searched on their way to work and later bundled into a police vehicle. Police over recent months have stepped up surveillance in Agricola and other communities besieged by crime.
