Datarams getaway passports had been issued to other people

The passports that were found in possession of drug convict Barry Dataram and his reputed wife were legitimately issued travel documents which were tampered with, according to acting Crime Chief Hugh Jessemy who said yesterday that the probe has now been widened to find those behind this highly-skilled forgery. Speaking to Stabroek News yesterday Jessemy said that investigators managed to track down the original owners of the passports using the passport numbers. He said based on what was gathered one of the passports was stolen from a car which was parked near the Pegasus Hotel and this theft was reported. With regard to the second passport, he said that the person it was issued to could not explain losing it and did not report it to the police.

Friday, October 21

Man dies after bandits target overseas-based couple at Herstelling

A father of two succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday after being shot during an armed robbery at Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, in the wee hours of the morning. Ameer Abdool Subrati, 44, of Lot 21 Back Street, Peters Hall, East Bank Demerara, who