Rawlins/Persaud.
Rondell Rawlins, Guyana's most wanted fugitive, is wanted in the April 2006 assassination of Mississauga's Phulmattie Persaud.
Police in Guyana have an idea where the country's most wanted fugitive is hiding.
Now, they just have to find him.
Police sources there revealed today they believe Rondell "Fineman" Rawlins, wanted for a series of murders including that of a 54-year-old Erin Mills woman, is hiding in Suriname, a neighbouring country located in northern South America.
Officially, police remain tight-lipped about the search for Rawlins, but sources close to the case told Guyana media police there have received "credible intelligence" Rawlins and several of his gang members entered Suriname illegally and are being harboured within the country's Guyanese community.
Police have already linked Rawlins to two shooting rampages in Guyana this year, one Feb. 17 that left a dozen people dead, and another in late January that claimed the lives of 11 people, including five children.
Rawlins, who police allege is the leader of the Buxton/Agricola street gang in Guyana, has accused officials of kidnapping his pregnant girlfriend and has vowed to wreak havoc until she is found.
Police have offered a reward of more than $250,000 (CDN) for information that could lead to Rawlins, who is considered Guyana's most wanted fugitive.
Rawlins is also wanted for a series of other murders, including the April of 2006 assassination of Mississauga's Phulmattie Persaud and her siblings.
Persaud, along with her two brothers and a security guard, were gunned down execution-style April 22, 2006. The main target of the killing was Persaud's younger brother, 50-year-old Satyadeow Sawh, Guyana's Agriculture Minister and a Canadian citizen. He, along with the other three, were shot dead inside Sawh's home in East Coast Demerara, Guyana.
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