Murdered former boxer Linden Mortley was on the police radar for more than a decade for ties to organised crime, including narcotics and firearm trafficking, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said yesterday.
Mortley, 44, of Sussex Street, Charlestown, was killed on Sunday evening at Festival City, Georgetown. Persaud yesterday revealed that Mortley had been known to the police for “in excess of ten years.” He went on to explain that the dead man had links to organized crime, and specifically narcotics trafficking. More recently, he added, the man has been linked to firearm trafficking.
Persaud noted that Mortley had been