A man suspected of belonging to a group of illegal gold mine robbers involved in the death of Constable Arnaud Blanc on March 25 in Guyana was arrested on Monday, we learned from the gendarmerie on Tuesday.
The National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) carried out this arrest in the Café sector, in the town of Maripasoula, bordering Suriname, indicated the Gendarmerie of Guyana on its Facebook page.
The place - in the middle of the forest - is located "
about twenty kilometers northwest of the Dorlin area
", General Jean-Christophe Sintive, commander of the Guyana gendarmerie, told AFP.
GIGN Major Arnaud Blanc, 35, died while participating with nine comrades in an operation against illegal gold panning on the clandestine site of Dorlin.
Arrested by underground gold diggers
The arrested suspect, whose age is not known, calls himself Bia.
His arrest, the fourth in this case, was carried out thanks to the support of "
garimpeiros
", clandestine gold diggers, according to the gendarmerie.
The operation "
took place at dusk, it was very complicated to set up
", added General Sintive.
The operations are not over, “
we (…) are still looking for other
” suspects, continued the soldier.
On April 8, a first suspect, the alleged shooter, a Brazilian, was arrested.
Two others, of the same nationality, were arrested on April 18.
The first is in pre-trial detention at the Ducos penitentiary center in Martinique, the other two have been the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the specialized interregional court of Fort-de-France