Two ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) are currently in custody at the Lethem Police Station, on allegations of kidnapping and extortion. Additionally, a Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) employee Phillip Paruag, has been fingered as being one of the suspects involved in the matter.
According to reports, a Brazilian businessman and his wife were allegedly kidnapped and held for ransom by the CANU officers. The incident is said to have taken place in Lethem, where the couple was visiting.
Meanwhile, this newspaper understands that Paruag, a GRA officer, who is currently hospitalised after indicating that he was experiencing dengue symptoms, had initially turned himself over to the police when the matter first came to his attention.