The seven thieves attempted to break into a garage where several scooters seized for various offenses were stored.
In Guyana, seven young men were arrested in the woods where they had hidden after trying to commit a burglary… in the grounds of a gendarmerie, we learned Monday, February 27 from the management of the gendarmerie of the French community located in South America.
On the night of Thursday February 23 to Friday February 24, around midnight, seven individuals broke into the grounds of the gendarmerie of Matoury, a town bordering the Cayenne prefecture.
The seven fugitives arrested
“They arrived through the woods behind the gendarmerie and climbed the fence“, told AFP the head of the Gendarmerie of Guyana, General Jean-Christophe Sintive. They then tried to break into a garage where, among other things, several scooters seized for various offenses were stored. But the gendarmes present were alerted by the noise and the security devices.
When the gendarmes arrived, the seven young men, two adults and five minors, aged 15 to 19, fled, adds the general. They took refuge in the woods through which they had arrived. The cops haveLocked» the place before seeing their workforce reinforced at daybreak by a canine team and a helicopter. In the middle of the day on Friday, the seven fugitives were arrested while they were still hidden in the woods.
They were placed in police custody for intrusion into a military compound and attempted theft with several aggravating circumstances (in a meeting, at night, etc.) According to a publication by the Guyana gendarmerie on Facebook, the alleged burglars will be summoned at the end of March to be judged. Five of them were placed under judicial supervision.