Two police constables were yesterday charged with stealing $500,000 from a gold miner.
Delon Saunders, 24, of 75 Dr Charles Housing Scheme, Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara, and Tevon Headley, 23, of Lot 31 Republic Avenue, Mackenzie, Linden, were taken before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in Georgetown, where the charge was read.
The charge states that on October 11, at Bartica, Region Seven, the defendants stole $500,000, which was the property of miner Rayad Atkinson.