Man arrested after assault on traffic cop at Turkeyen

Civilians assaulting a traffic officer at Turkeyen access road

A man was arrested yesterday after he and another man physically assaulted a traffic officer on the Turkeyen access road in the vicinity of MovieTowne cinemas.

The Guyana Police Force said in a statement that around 16:45 hrs on the Railway Embankment road at Plaisance, Constable Harlequin had approached a vehicle that was heavily tinted and was being driven by 30-year-old construction worker Kessee Edwards of Lot 62 Friendship, East Coast Demerara.