The suspect in the execution-style killing of former DJ Sheldon Cheddie has told investigators that he was contracted following a drug-related transaction between the man and other persons.
Crime Chief Seelall Persaud told Stabroek News yesterday that the man during questioning said that Cheddie was involved in a drug-related transaction and he (the suspect) was given a contract to “beat him up”.
Up to press time last evening the man remained in police custody and with the completion of the post-mortem examination