BUXTON BACKDAM CLEAROUT
- Joint Services commence operation to clear East Coast backlands of dense vegetation, criminal hideouts
THE Police and Army yesterday began an operation to clear the East Coast backlands of criminal hideouts, starting with the area aback the violence prone and volatile villages of Buxton/Friendship, where the authorities believe criminal gangs with high-powered weapons are hemmed in.



BEFORE: This make shift fence on Brushe Dam had to be graded yesterday ahead of an operation to clear the criminal hideouts in the backlands of Friendship/Bxton

When news broke of the Lusigan massacre, which left 11 persons dead, including five children two Saturday's ago, President Bharrat Jagdeo early announced that the gunmen came from Buxton, the village long associated with murderous gangs.

Yesterday, the Joint Services began with Brushe Dam Friendship as they attempt to flush out criminals thought to be hiding out in the jungles aback Buxton. They first though need to clear Brushe dam and the central navigational canal to mow down dense vegetation where it is believed the gangs set camp after assaults on East Coast communities.


The cultivated sections which will be bulldozed are surrounded by water and therefore bridges need to be built to get the bulldozers across.


The operation to clear the backlands has long been called for by residents, especially since February 23, 2002 when five dangerous men escaped the country's main prison and used Buxton as a base for the carrying-out of a series of brutal slayings that left the country in terror and sent the crime wave spiralling out of control.



Brushe Dam, with vegetables planted illegally, had to be graded yesterday ahead of an operation to clear the criminal hideouts in the backlands of Friendship/Buxton.


With their deaths arose Rondell "Fineman" Rawlins, who has claimed responsibility for the Lusignan massacre. The Police have placed a $50M reward on his head.

Some residents who survived the Lusignan attack recalled seeing the men proceeding in the direction of Buxton across the grasslands and then into the cane-fields. They said their footwear, as seen from prints left on sand, were "safety boots".


The operation which started yesterday entails the removal of all vegetation in the identified areas aback of the villages on the East Coast so as to provide a clear line-of-sight for villagers and security forces, the Office of the President announced in a statement.


Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Secretary to the Defence Board Dr. Roger Luncheon, noted that the commencement of the operation to clear vegetation aback of the villages on the lower East Coast of Demerara should be seen in the context of:


** The regular resort of criminal elements to the protection offered by the dense vegetation and cane fields aback of those villages.


** The persistent call by the affected communities to remove the dense vegetation, and


** The commitment by the Joint services to enhance security of those in vulnerable communities.



A section of Brushe Dam after it was graded yesterday to allow an operation to clear the Buxton backlands.


Luncheon said the aim of the operation is to "create line of sight clearance of a perimeter that extends from as far east as Enmore and as far west as BV/ Triumph area by the time the operation is completed".

It will commence with clearing dams in the Friendship area to provide access to those areas that are contiguous with the housing settlements aback of the Buxton/Friendship/Vigilance on the east and Annandale on the west.


Luncheon said the operations would coincide with arrangements being put in place by the administration to address issues of compensation for those whose holding, whether free hold or lease hold, would be affected in pursuit of the operations.


"Those arrangements would not, however, be allowed to forestall or delay the onset and the completion of the operations," he declared.


The Government of Guyana has also requested support for the efforts of the Joint Services involved in this aspect of ˜Operation Restore Order" as they intensify efforts to provide enhanced security to the vulnerable communities on the East Coast of Demerara and all Guyanese.


Operation Restore Order began on January 27, and was first concentrated in the backlands last Wednesday evening, resulting in immediate success for the Joint Services with the killing of two men, one of whom was identified as Troy St John called ˜John Eye', who was reportedly the second in command of the gang headed by ˜Fine Man'.


The other man killed in an exchange with Police and Army in the Buxton backlands was Vibert Harris also known as ˜Bholo' 29, of 125 Friendship, East Bank Demerara.


The operation moved to house-to-house raids last Thursday, when the Police confirmed that the AK-47 assault rifle, recovered during the armed confrontation between the Joint Services and gunmen in Buxton matched the spent shells found at the scenes of the recent massacre at Lusignan on Saturday last, when 11 persons were killed.


Tests also showed other links including the robbery/murder at Triumph, East Coast Demerara on December 16, 2007, where Fazal Hakim and Rajesh Singh were killed, the armed robbery/murder on the Professional Guard Service (PGS) security van at Agricola, East Bank Demerara, the armed robbery/murder on the Mazda Mining Company (MMC) Security personnel at Sheribana , and the robbery at Canal No. 1 in 2006.


Fixing damaged house:
Between Saturday and Sunday, the Joint Services said they conducted searches and special operations in Brushe Dam, Buxton; Friendship North, Mon Repos and Bare Root. A total of fifteen (15) houses were searched.


During the search of several houses earlier in Buxton/Friendship, the Joint Services found it necessary to damage the floor of a house belonging to Gloria Thomas of 151 Friendship, ECD.


The damaged area is some 8' x 14' with a 2" thick concrete. However, since the sand was not well compacted this produced a hollow effect when the ranks tested it and prompted them to dig it up. The Joint Services have since effected repairs to the floor of the house costing some $75,000.


"The Joint Services reiterate the commitment to be professional in conduct in the execution of our duties with full respect for the rights of the public; but the nature of the operations is such that some amount of collateral damage may be occasioned," the Joint Services said in a statement.


The Joint Services said it has been made aware of the allegation that ranks mixed kerosene oil in rice at a shop in the Buxton/Friendship community during one of its operations.


"No report of any such unethical behaviour by the ranks was made to the Joint Services and it appears that this only surfaced during a visit to the community by the Opposition Leader Robert Corbin, among others," the Joint Services said.


The Joint Services emphasised the support being given by the members of the Buxton/Friendship and neighbouring communities with Operation Restore Order "and are prepared to accept and deal with any and all reports of misconduct on the part of its ranks."


The Police and Army also urged that residents do not allow themselves to be swayed away from their so far positive attitude.


The Joint Services noted that the shop where the incident is alleged to have taken place is known for the harbouring of criminal elements and has been the target of several searches before.


It was from this very shop that armed gunmen opened fire on the Joint Services ranks on Wednesday, January 23, 2008, during which army Corporal Ivor Williams was killed, the Joint Services said.


Deon Newton, 24 years, and Mike McLean, 14 years, both of 151 Friendship, ECD, who were arrested by the Joint Services during search operations conducted in Buxton/Friendship, were charged with acquiring military stores and unlawful possession of four (4) cell phones, respectively.


They appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday, where they pleaded ˜not guilty' and were placed on self bail to return to Court at Vigilance on February 22, 2008.

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Joint Services commence operation to clear East Coast backlands of dense vegetation, criminal hideouts
THE Police and Army yesterday began an operation to clear the East Coast backlands of criminal hideouts, starting with the area aback the violence prone and volatile villages of Buxton/Friendship, where the authorities believe criminal gangs with high-powered weapons are hemmed in.

if if if ... what if this was done a few years earlier ???? (2002 ....)

its a learning govt.......

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Originally posted by The Blade Runner:
its a learning govt.......

The criminals keep moving around..

many ppl felt that the army and police sould have planned the very night the killings took place....surround buxton and blocked off all exit points. everyone coming in and out to be patted down and the place kept like that until this clearing activity is scheduled to take place. reinforce the troops and start to move in.

the 2 killed might be the among the few gunmen remaining in buxton....probably they were told to man the fort while the others make good their escape to the interior, suriname and even brazil. they might even be in other villages along the coast

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Originally posted by Ramakant_p:

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Originally posted by The Blade Runner:
its a learning govt.......

The criminals keep moving around..

and this seems like ROCKET SCIENCE to you ... ??
were you hoping the CRIMINALS would SIT and WAIT for YOU ? the GPF and the GDF ?
no wonder the innocent children didnt have a chance as they were SLAUTERED IN THEIR SLEEP.

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Originally posted by Nippy:

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Originally posted by Ramakant_p:

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Originally posted by The Blade Runner:
its a learning govt.......

The criminals keep moving around..

and this seems like ROCKET SCIENCE to you ... ??
were you hoping the CRIMINALS would SIT and WAIT for YOU ? the GPF and the GDF ?
no wonder the innocent children didnt have a chance as they were SLAUTERED IN THEIR SLEEP.

Look at what you wrote.

All I said was the criminals keep moving around so they cannot catch them,. They keep one step ahead of the Police..

Criminals will always move around..
that's why a Police Force is PAID to go GET THEM!!

it'a call ah total waste of time.

Chronicle ---- Feb 6, 2008

Progress made in ongoing operation to clear East Coast backlands
- Joint Services set up special desk to deal with compensation, other issues
THE Joint Services have set up a ˜special desk' at the Office of the Police Commissioner, Eve Leary, to deal with residents on the lower East Coast of Demerara, on the matter of compensation and other issues relating to the ongoing operation by the Police and Army to clear the backlands of several villages in that area.


The operation entails the removal of all vegetation in the identified areas aback of the villages on the East Coast so as to provide a clear line-of-sight for villagers and security forces, the Office of the President announced in a statement.


The Joint Services operation began Monday to clear the East Coast backlands of criminal hideouts, starting with the area aback the violence prone and volatile villages of Buxton/Friendship, where the authorities believe criminal gangs with high-powered weapons are hemmed in.


Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Secretary to the Defence Board, Dr. Roger Luncheon, noted that the commencement of the operation to clear vegetation aback of the villages on the lower East Coast of Demerara should be seen in the context of:


** The regular resort of criminal elements to the protection offered by the dense vegetation and cane fields aback of those villages.


** the persistent call by the affected communities to remove the dense vegetation, and


** the commitment by the Joint services to enhance security of those in vulnerable communities.


Luncheon said the aim of the operation is to "create line of sight clearance of a perimeter that extends from as far east as Enmore and as far west as BV/ Triumph area by the time the operation is completed".


It will commence with clearing dams in the Friendship area to provide access to those areas that are contiguous with the housing settlements aback of the Buxton/Friendship/Vigilance on the east and Annandale on the west.


Luncheon said the operations would coincide with arrangements being put in place by the administration to address issues of compensation for those whose holding, whether free hold or lease hold, would be affected in pursuit of the operations.


"Those arrangements would not, however, be allowed to forestall or delay the onset and the completion of the operations," he declared.


The Government of Guyana has also requested support for the efforts of the Joint Services involved in this aspect of ˜Operation Restore Order' as they intensify efforts to provide enhanced security to the vulnerable communities on the East Coast of Demerara and all Guyanese.


When news broke of the Lusignan massacre, which left 11 persons dead, including five children two Saturday's ago, President Bharrat Jagdeo, announced that the gunmen came from Buxton, the village long associated with murderous gangs.


The Joint Services began with Brushe Dam Friendship as they attempt to flush out criminals thought to be hiding out in the jungles aback Buxton. They first need to clear Brushe dam and the central navigational canal to mow down dense vegetation where it is believed the gangs set camp after assaults on East Coast communities. A large section of Brushe dam was reportedly cleared yesterday, allowing smoother access by the Joint Services into the volatile backlands of that community.


The operation to clear the backlands has long been called for by residents, especially since February 23, 2002 when five dangerous men escaped the country's main prison and used Buxton as a base for the carrying-out of a series of brutal slayings that left the country in terror and sent the crime wave spiralling out of control.


With their deaths arose Rondell ˜Fine Man' Rawlins, who has claimed responsibility for the Lusignan massacre. The Police have placed a $50M reward on his head.


Some residents who survived the Lusignan attack recalled seeing the men proceeding in the direction of Buxton across the grasslands and then into the cane-fields. They said their footwear, as seen from prints left on sand, were "safety boots".


˜Operation Restore Order' began on January 27, and was first concentrated in the backlands last Wednesday evening, resulting in immediate success for the Joint Services with the killing of two men, one of whom was identified as Troy St John called ˜John Eye', who was reportedly the second in command of the gang headed by ˜Fine Man'.


The other man killed in an exchange with Police and Army in the Buxton backlands was Vibert Harris also known as ˜Bholo' 29, of 125 Friendship, East Bank Demerara.


The operation moved to house-to-house raids last Thursday, when the Police confirmed that the AK-47 assault rifle, recovered during the armed confrontation between the Joint Services and gunmen in Buxton, matched the spent shells found at the scenes of the recent massacre at Lusignan on Saturday last, when 11 persons were killed.


Tests also showed other links including the robbery/murder at Triumph, East Coast Demerara on December 16, 2007, where Fazal Hakim and Rajesh Singh were killed, the armed robbery/murder on the Professional Guard Service (PGS) security van at Agricola, East Bank Demerara, the armed robbery/murder on the Mazda Mining Company (MMC) Security personnel at Sheribana , and the robbery at Canal No. 1 in 2006.

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Originally posted by Nippy:
Criminals will always move around..
that's why a Police Force is PAID to go GET THEM!!

Do you see the NYPD breaking doen the doors of all Al Queda Suspects in New York??

The police in Guyana knows who the criminals are. Most of them hide out in PNC headquarters.. The police has the tendency of storming the place long after they are gone.. The criminals in the police force are also known..

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Originally posted by Ramakant_p:

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Originally posted by Nippy:
Criminals will always move around..
that's why a Police Force is PAID to go GET THEM!!

Do you see the NYPD breaking doen the doors of all Al Queda Suspects in New York??

The police in Guyana knows who the criminals are. Most of them hide out in PNC headquarters.. The police has the tendency of storming the place long after they are gone.. The criminals in the police force are also known.. The criminals in the police force are also known..

I dont think so....
cause if its true that the GOG knows this as a fact ..... what have they done to correct this. You sound confident.... but , arent you shooting yourself in the foot??? in other words who is in charge ... PPP or PNC. Thats why I say I dont believe you sir.

nips check out the stadium blog thing i posted

I tried before... seems like i have to register, will reg as soon as time permits

hope you are taking extra precaution

just click on de link man

OPPOSITION LEADER .... in opposition as usual

Kaieteur News ....2-6-08

Operation Restore Order
Those arrested had links to ˜Fineman' gang - Joint Services

The Joint Services yesterday rebutted comments made to the press by People's National Congress Reform Leader Robert Corbin that innocent young men are being arrested during Operation Restore Order.
A release to the media by the Joint Services stated that the Joint Services were working with the intelligence they have on persons associated with the gang headed by Rondell Rawlins, called "Fineman."
The men arrested so far have been targeted based on either an offence detected or because they are wanted for questioning in relation to activities of the criminal gang, the release disclosed.The release issued stated that it was known that persons have played different roles in the gang, such as lookouts, purchasing clerks, harbouring of gang members and the actual possession and use of firearms.
It added that the searches are based on intelligence gathered, and the degree to which the search is done is so determined.
"The Joint Services wish to state unequivocally that there is no effort to make mass arrests of young men in the Buxton/ Friendship community... It is known that persons have played different roles in the gang, such as lookouts, purchasing clerks, harbouring of gang members and the actual possession and use of firearms."
The operations so far have targeted other areas, such as Agricola, Bagotstown, Beterverwagting, Mon Repos, Melanie Damishana and Bare Root

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...it was known that persons have played different roles in the gang, such as lookouts, purchasing clerks, harbouring of gang members and the actual possession and use of firearms.

any recent updates/progress/news on Operation Restore Order ???

please .... leave out Corbin and his visits to the sanctuary for the CRIMINALS.

nah just that buxonians are very rich farmers