A Brazilian national who was arrested in connection with a gold smuggling operation at the Guyana/Brazil border has been granted bail in the sum of $75,000.
Erizangela Regia De Olivera, a 39-year-old clothes vendor of Boa Vista, was one of two Brazilians who were arrested following the bust on March 5.
She appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this morning where she was charged for purchasing gold from a person other than the Guyana Gold Board or authorised agent, which is contrary to Section 8 of the Guyana Gold Board Act, Chapter 66:01.
However, through her attorney Bernand DaSilva, the woman applied for bail and same was granted, with conditions that she report every third Wednesday of the month to the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU).
The matter was adjourned to March 19.
The other Brazilian who was arrested, Albina Filho Alves Vieira, 42, has been placed on $1 million station bail; he has not yet been charged.
Reports are that acting on information received, SOCU officers had proceeded to the Lethem/Brazil border where they intercepted a gold smuggling attempt.
The operation led to the arrest of the two Brazilians and the seizure of a large quantity of gold and over $26 million in cash.
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