Cops nab alleged Herstelling hitman

A well-timed police operation last evening led to the arrest of a man who was allegedly hired to kill Herstelling carpenter Nathan Persaud, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed, adding that the man has provided detectives with a detailed confession.

Blanhum told Stabroek News that it was acting on intelligence that police swooped down on a city location. After some time of surveillance, the suspect was arrested.

So far police have charged Persaud’s wife Beverly with the crime and with the arrest of the hitman she allegedly hired to carry out the brutal act, the Guyana Police Force is on target to wrap up yet another murder investigation.

Sources close to the case said that the man, who was previously identified as