A suspected gang member who was arrested following a police chase on Wednesday along the Ogle Airport road, on the East Coast of Demerara, was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of attempting to commit a felony.
The accused, Azumeh Small, 25, of Lot 74 Campbellville Housing Scheme, appeared before Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, where the charge was read to him.
He pleaded not guilty, bail was refused and he was remanded to prison for fixture and report on September 24, 2021.
The Guyana Police Force reported that ranks on patrol along the Ogle Airport road were shot at by a suspected gang member.
Acting on information received in relation to armed robberies in the Region 4(C), patrol ranks on mobile surveillance had observed and trailed four members of a suspected gang riding along the Plaisance Railway Embankment.
The police, in an attempt to intercept the two motorcycles, drove up and closed in on the men after it was suspected from their actions that they were about to rob a woman standing on the roadway. However, the suspects drove away which led to the police giving chase.
The police said the ranks continued behind one pair of the suspects along the Ogle Airport road, during which the pillion rider discharged rounds at them. The police returned fire and the two suspects abandoned the motorcycle and fled on foot.
Their decision, however, led to one – Small – being arrested.
