A fishing crew from the No 66 Fisheries, Corentyne was attacked and robbed of over $2M in fish, an engine and other items around 9 pm on Christmas Day and left stranded at Nickerie, Suriname.
Owner of the boat, K. Ramnarine of Line Path, Skeldon told Stabroek News that his captain and four crew members called him around 2 pm on Monday to inform him about the hijacking. He said he sent out an engine for them and they arrived at the fisheries around 10 pm.
His workers related that five pirates, armed with two guns and a cutlass pulled up with a 54-ft boat and demanded that