Venezuelan teen to be deported

A 15-year-old Venezuelan who entered the country illegally through the South Western peninsula  was arrested by police on Carnival Monday.

The young man was discovered hiding out at a house in Cedros. According to police reports, at around 1 pm, Ag Insp Maraj and Cpl Gunness, went to a house owned by Ramesh Bhagwandeen, on inquires relating to a missing persons’s  report. The teenager, who could not speak English, was found in the house. Investigators could not say why the youth came to the country. Inquiries revealed that the illegal immigrant, who is from Lamula, Tucupita, arrived in the country on February 27, along with other persons. They had travelled by boat from Venezuela to  Los Iros. The teenager has since been handed over to the Immigration Department and is awaiting  deportation.