Head of the GPF’s Corporate Communica-tions Unit, Mark Ramotar yesterday said that three persons are in police custody over the plane that was intercepted in Bashaizon Village, South Rupununi on Sunday.
Ramotar said that while it has been 72 hours since the men have been in custody and are yet to be charged, an extension has been granted until October 15.
In the South Rupununi, the police on Sunday intercepted a plane which may have been smuggling mercury for gold mining and one man was arrested during an exchange of gunfire while the pilot of the craft managed to escape to Brazil.