Police say that the captain and two crew members of a fishing boat, who are resident on the Corentyne, Berbice, have been arrested by the Police after they made a false report of robbery under arms allegedly committed on them on March 12, 2013, off the No. 66 Village Foreshore, Corentyne.
Police say that on March 13, 2013, the fishermen had made the false report to the police at the No. 51 Police Station claiming that they were attacked at sea by five men armed with cutlasses, who took away their catch, gasoline, fish glue and groceries.
During subsequent investigations by the police the fishermen admitted that they had falsified the report after they had been unable to catch any fish during the trip out to sea, police say.
