GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Aug 1, CMC – The Guyana police Thursday said they had arrested a former security guard, who was attached to the United States Embassy, for allegedly sending a threatening email to the embassy’s email address.
The police said Anand Persaud, 31, of Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara has been accused of sending the email last week Thursday that “contained threats directed towards United States Government personnel and the Embassy’s Georgetown facility..
“Further investigations were conducted, and investigators were able to link the suspect to the email address that was used to send the threatening email to the Embassy,” police said in a statement.
Police said Persaud was arrested at his home and security officials of the US Embassy made a formal report of the threat at the Guyana Police Force’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters.
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