Body washed ashore on Mayaro beach

TWO late night pedal cyclists who were riding along the Mayaro beach got the shock of their lives when they discovered the partially eaten body of a man washed ashore.

Police who visited the scene said they could not ascertain if the man had drowned, committed suicide or was murdered, because of the advanced state of decomposition and also by the fact that the body was partially eaten by fishes. As such, an autopsy will be carried out on the body on Monday to ascertain the exact cause of death. According to police reports, around 9.30 pm, the young cyclists were pedalling along the shoreline and on reaching the vicinity of Gill Street, Mayaro, they came across the body of the man lying face down on the sand.

A report was made to the Mayaro police and a party of officers led by ASP Chandraban Maharaj and including Sgt Adrian Watson, PC Rollox and PC Beckles visited the scene. When they searched the man’s clothing they came across a Driver’s Permit in the name of Albert J Louison of Rousillac. When police checked with Louison’s relatives, they were told that the last time relatives had seen him was two years ago. Police are now seeking the public’s help to find out where Louison lived and when he was last seen alive. DMO Dr Fagbola arrived on the scene where he examined the body and ordered it removed to the Port-of-Spain Mortuary, where an autopsy will be done tomorrow. Sgt Watson and PC Rollox are continuing investigations.

And in an unrelated incident, Mayaro police on routine mobile patrol early yesterday morning arrested a 50-year-old man of Mafeking Village, who was held with over $1,000 in cocaine. According to police reports, around 8.30 am PCs Greaux, Hosein and Ramdial were on routine mobile patrol along the Manzanilla Main Road when on nearing Ortoire Village, they stopped a taxi which was heading south along the Main Road. The officers later searched the lone passenger who sat in the back seat of the taxi and seized 19 rocks of cocaine. He was arrested, brought to the Mayaro police station and charged by PC Greaux with possession of cocaine. He will appear before a Mayaro magistrate tomorrow.