Pubdate: Sun, 25 Aug 2002
Source: Chicago Tribune (IL)
Copyright: 2002 Chicago Tribune Company
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GUNMEN KILL OFFICIAL IN ANTI-DRUG AGENCY

GEORGETOWN, GUYANA -- Gunmen killed the deputy head of Guyana's anti- drug 
agency Saturday, the latest murder of a law-enforcement official along the 
South American nation's coast.

Vibert Inniss, deputy chief of Guyana's Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit, was 
shot several times when he stopped his car to buy newspapers from a vendor 
in Buxton, 12 miles east of the capital Georgetown, police said.

Gunmen recently hurled concussion grenades into the headquarters of the 
anti-drug unit, which works with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. Eight 
police officers and several businessmen have been killed in recent attacks.
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