GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): A former member of the radical Jamaat-al-Muslimeen, who participated in the 1990 coup against the Trinidad-Tobago government and is wanted for attempted murder in the twin-island nation, has been nabbed in Guyana, officials said Friday.Guyana Defence Force (GDF) spokesman, Lt. Col. Claude Fraser, said David Millard was arrested by police and soldiers and was fingerprinted and documented by a team from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Millard had a Guyanese passport bearing the name Edmond DeFreitas. "Both the GDF and FBI are showing an interest in him because he is involved with some known characters", Fraser told reporters.
Fraser said police and soldiers detained Millard, while searching for the weapons at a house at Nandy Park, an upscale suburban residential area south of Guyana's capital, Georgetown. He was allegedly involved in the Jamaat-al-Muslimeens violent coup against the Trinidad-Tobago government 16 years ago. The coup lasted six days and several police officers were killed.
Millard currently is wanted by Trinidadian authorities for his alleged involvement in a murder attempt on a former member of the Jamaat-al-Muslimeen three years ago.