An infamous car-parts thieving ring called the ‘Salt Fish Gang’ has struck again, this time at Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara and one of its teenage members, who has a matter in court, was caught while police are seeking his accomplices.
While the family was sleeping, Monica Chisholm of Lot 7 Cottage, Mahaicony told Stabroek News, the gang silently entered the yard and began to strip the headlights from a car, recently purchased by her son, Andre. She said she awoke at about 1.30 am yesterday and turned on the TV when she heard someone calling. It was some relatives who had caught the youth stripping the car.
Chisholm said that the youth, who told police he was 14, was caught while his accomplices, who he identified as his relatives, escaped. She said that