Georgetown: Self-confessed drug lord Barry Dataram was Saturday morning handed over to the SWAT unit of the Guyana Police Force. He and his reputed wife, Anjanie Boodnarine were caught in neighbouring Suriname. Reports are that the couple was arrested in the region of Latou, in South Paramaribo on Friday morning. The duo was arrested by the Arrestatie Team, a special law-enforcement squad. Following the arrest of Barry Dataram, a fugitive in Suriname and his handing over to local authorities, the Acting Commissioner of Police David Ramnarine acknowledge the excellent collaboration between local law enforcement units and our counterparts in Suriname.
“While he is fully aware of the same quality of collaboration from Government to Government, that which occurred between 13:00h Friday and 09:00h Saturday morning, represented the best efforts and sends a clear message that with the use of science and technology in law enforcement and 
personnel who are consummate professionals, the public interest is well served. On the law enforcement front, we wish to sincerely thank our colleagues in Suriname,” the commissioner noted.
The duos were wanted by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for possession of ammunition without licence, and possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
Dataram and Boodnarine were charged, along with their friends Trevor Gouveia and Komal Charran, with having some 129.23kg of cocaine in their possession for the purpose of trafficking on April 16, 2015. However, only Gouveia and Charran showed up to hear the ruling of Magistrate Judy Latchman recently. Dataram and his wife were no-shows at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, but Magistrate Latchman fined the convicted drug lord $164.2M and sentenced him to 60 months imprisonment for being in possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. His wife and the others were found not guilty.
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