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Police rescue foreign nationals

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Aug 25, CMC – Police say they have rescued 26 women from Venezuela, Cuba and the Dominican republic, after they raised a nightclub here on Saturday.

They said that five security guards and three bartenders, who were present at the Red Dragon nightclub in the capital, were also arrested, during the early morning raid.

In a brief statement, the police said that while a thorough searched the nightclub found nothing of evidential value, the women were “rescued” and taken to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters.

They said investigations are continuing.

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