The two Corentyne men who were wanted in connection with the murders of four fishermen during a recent pirate attack and who were recently arrested in Suriname have since been deported to Guyana.
O’Brian Fraser, also known as ‘Shines’, 21, of Lot 66 Eversham Village, Corentyne and Anonth Boodrage, also known as ‘Andy’, 18, of Lot 97 Belvedere Village, Corentyne, were handed over to Guyana’s lawmen late yesterday afternoon.
A source last evening confirmed, that the suspects are in custody assisting with the investigation.
The men are expected to be charged before the end of the week.
Stabroek News was previously told that the two men were arrested sometime last Thursday during a raid on a fishing boat in Suriname.
Three men, Narine Dhanraj also known as ‘Chu Chu Boy’, 30, a fisherman of Lot 75 Belvedere Village, Corentyne, Suresh Sundat, also known as ‘Buckman’, 22, a fisherman of Belvedere Squatting Area, and Lennox Grimmond, 37, of Cromarty Farm, Corentyne, have so far been charged with murdering Lamar Petrie, Kawal Kissoon, Vishnu Seeram and Marvin Tamasar during the course of piracy.
Dhanraj and Sundat were jointly charged at the Number 51 Magistrate’s Court last Wednesday, while Grimmond was charged last Friday at the Albion Magistrate’s Court. However, all three men will return to the Whim Magistrate’s Court today.
On October 5, the four Corentyne fishermen left home to head out to sea to ply their trade on their boat, SARA 1. However, one week after leaving home the men’s boat was found aback of Cromarty Village, Corentyne, while the bodies of Petrie, 20, of Lot 9 Miss Phoebe, Port Mourant and Kissoon, 36, of Lot 233 Letter Kenny, Corentyne, were discovered days apart along the Mahaicony and Abary foreshore.
Police had reported that two of the suspects confessed to investigators that they were part of a five-man crew that attacked and murdered the fishermen on the high seas. Based on the alleged confessions, the men claimed that initially they had only intended to rob the four fishermen of their catch, but after encountering resistance from their victims, they chopped them about their bodies, tied their hands and feet together and threw them overboard, eight miles from the point of the attack.
Boat captain Vishnu Seeram, also known as ‘Kevin’, 20, of Port Mourant, Corentyne and Marvin Tamasar, also known as ‘Buddy’, 20, of Lot 305 Port Mourant, Corentyne are still missing and presumed dead.
