Body-in-barrel suspect arrested under Canje bridge

Suraj Veersammy

Police in Berbice yesterday arrested the suspect in the murder of an unidentified woman whose battered body was found stuffed in a barrel which was found partially submerged in a trench at R and S Street, Belvedere, Corentyne, on Saturday. 

The man, Suraj Veersammy, also known as ‘Radesh’, 30, a labourer, of Belvedere Village, Corentyne, was arrested under the Canje Bridge around 11 am.

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