The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has denied a report in yesterday’s edition of the Kaieteur News that its investigators were told by suspects that mining engineer Trevor Abrams was killed in a plot hatched by a businessman with ties to the mining sector.
In a statement yesterday, the GPF adverted to the news item `Ex-cops, ex-soldier paid to murder GGMC engineer’ and noted that it alleged that police investigators have received information that a businessman with links to the mining sector had recruited a former army intelligence rank and two ex-policemen to kill Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) engineer, Abrams. The engineer was shot and killed while driving a motor vehicle along the roadway at Diamond, EBD, on February 27, 2015 in what appeared to be a `hit’.
The police also noted that it was claimed in the KN article that this information was provided to the police by one of two men who were arrested in a house at Diamond, EBD, recently, in which a firearm and ammunition were found. “The Guyana Police Force categorically refutes the allegation that its investigators have received such information from either of the two men as the investigations continue”, the police statement said.
Noting that this inaccurate information was attributed to “top police sources”, the GPF said that the authorised persons in the force from whom information on criminal investigations can be sought are the Commissioner of Police, the Assistant Commissioner ‘Law Enforcement’, the Public Relations and Press Officer and the respective Divisional Commander.
Abrams’ murder has led to suggestions that it was
