Pirates terrorized and robbed a fishing crew from the No. 66 Fish Port Complex, in the Corentyne of more than $500,000 in articles before leaving them adrift in Suriname early Wednesday morning.
Five men who were armed and wearing masks carried out the attack, in which they destroyed the power pack and coil from the crew’s engine and threw away the cover and left the men to drift. This occurred around 1am in the Coronie, Suriname area and the fishermen had to build a makeshift sail using tarpaulin. They sailed to the shores of Nickerie