GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Buxton East Coast of Demerara (ECD) remains tense on Wednesday after residents blocked the main road and set fire to a truck in protest at the actions taken earlier by officers of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU).
There has been no official statement from the authorities on the incident. Still, the Commander of Regional Police Division 4 ‘C,’ Khali Pareshram, told the online publication, NewsRoom that the matter related to CANU officers pursuing a suspect in the area.
He said he could provide no further details on the matter, but residents claim that CANU officers fired indiscriminately during their operation.
One woman reported that bullets entered her house while she slept, and other residents said a vehicle was shot at, resulting in it crashing into a nearby trench.
As a result, the residents blocked the road and set fire to the garbage and a truck. The truck driver said he had just offloaded a shipment of rice in Georgetown and was unaware of the unrest.
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