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Providence Police detain Route 43 |
07 Dec 2011 11:18 #64962
by The Captain
The driver parked the vehicle in the station compound and complied with the police request. His passengers were not aware of what was happening inside of the station but after an hour passed and the driver did not return they became concerned and subsequently concluded that something was amiss.
Their frustration increased when some other police ranks closed the gates to the station and prevented the passengers from entering to enquire what was happening.
While all of this was happening, two other traffic ranks positioned themselves on the road, and pulled over three other route 43 minibuses
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Wednesday, December 07, 2011
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Providence Police detain Route 43 (Linden) minibuses carrying APNU supporters
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Two busloads of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) supporters were left stranded for hours after police at Providence on the East Bank of Demerara detained the drivers of the vehicles as they were making their way into the capital city to join fellow supporters for a planned protest march, yesterday morning.
Reports are that around 11:00 hrs, the 32-seater vehicles were approaching the Providence Police Station when a traffic rank identified as Lance Corporal James, signaled one of the minibuses (BKK 564) to stop. The other vehicle (BMM 2022) continued along its way but was shortly “pulled over†by ranks in a police pick-up (PKK 742) as it was nearing the Princess Hotel on the same thoroughfare. Passengers of these vehicles, who were decked out with their green APNU t-shirts and carried APNU posters, assumed that the buses were stopped for a routine check. They were in for a rude awakening. According to some passengers of BKK 564, Lance Corporal James instructed their driver to produce some documents, after which he was further instructed to enter the Providence Police Station. |
Their frustration increased when some other police ranks closed the gates to the station and prevented the passengers from entering to enquire what was happening.
While all of this was happening, two other traffic ranks positioned themselves on the road, and pulled over three other route 43 minibuses
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