(Demerara Waves) – Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed was late Thursday night arrested a second time and held at the Leonora Police Station, West Coast Demerara apparently because he was showing several persons what seemed to have led to to his first arrest hours earlier.
Mr Mohamed was subsequently released from custody again, but his mobile phone was kept by police, General Secretary of the main opposition We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party, Odessa Primus.
WIN executive member Tabita Sarabo-Halley said WIN parliamentarians Dr Gordon Barker, Dr Andre Lewis and regional councillor Sean Nelson were also released from police custody without charge and their phones, which were taken to another location, were returned. Mr Nelson’s phone was not returned he was expected to return later Friday for it. Ms Halley said Mr Mohamed’s phone, laptop and vehicle were yet to be returned by police.
Law enforcement agencies around the world have specialised devices that can unlock phones and computers and access all data for investigative purposes.
According to a Facebook Live, Mr Mohamed was showing a number of persons where he and his photographer were earlier Thursday after which they were intercepted by police and taken to the station. A drone was found in the vehicle but Mr Mohamed said it was not his property and it was not being used.
The Guyana Police Force did not name Mr Mohamed in its statement early Thursday night but said two vehicles were seen acting in a suspicious manner near President Irfaan Ali’s private residence at Leonora.
