The Guyana Police Force believes that property crimes are being committed by ad-hoc groups, as it says organized and structured criminal gangs have been dismantled. It is however keeping an eye on remnants of criminal gangs with ties to persons in local politics.
Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said that there are no structured groups committing these property crimes. “These are people who know each other” and they come together by way of phone calls. They do spend time doing their “homework before they commit these robberies,” the Assistant Police Commissioner said yesterday at a review of police law enforcement for 2011.
Drugs
Police are also keeping their eyes on the use of foreign nationals in gun-violence among rival cocaine trafficking gangs and to