Georgetown: Ian Craddock, the managing director of Bushmaster Tours Guyana, was found dead Monday along a roadway in Lethem, Central Rupununi, Region Nine.
The former British soldiers has been living in Guyana for 25 years and had established Bush Master Tourism Company located in Lethem, a town near the border with Brazil.
His company was also granted certification of conformity by the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) in 2015. This recognition was to honour the Company’s 100% compliance with Guyana’s tourism regulations.
Police said someone anonymously reported that Craddock’s body was discovered on the roadway in an open area at about 5:40 PM.
Five minutes later, police said they went to the scene where they found the man laying face down, clad in a grey and brown jersey and a red trousers with multi coloured Nike running shoes.
Police then transported the body to Lethem Regional Hospital where it was furthered examined by doctors before being transferred to the hospital’s morgue. Subsequent investigations revealed that Craddock would normally be seen jogging daily in the area where his body was found.
Craddock was an ex-British Army Special Air Services (SAS) officer who had migrated to Guyana in 2002 to organize jungle expeditions for a British conservation charity.
Craddock first moved to Guyana in 2002 to organise expeditions for a British conservation charity. Prior to that, he lived in London, Cyprus, The Falklands, Jordan and Belize.
He had completed a variety of specialist courses from Combat Survival Instructor to Military Mountaineering and Climbing instructor.
He had taken part in exercises and operations in a host of countries around the world from the Gulf to the Falkland Islands, from North America to the Indian Himalayas – where he jointly led a joint Anglo-Indian team on the first successful ascent of Mt Tingchen Khan.
Craddock spent about 75% of his time in the jungle, on desert islands or in the Arabian Desert
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