On Thursday, 3 September 2026, a senior leader of Guyana’s national law enforcement acknowledged multiple critical discrepancies in his official sworn statement connected to a high-profile U.S. extradition request for two prominent Guyanese businessmen. Senior Superintendent Prem Narine, head of the Guyana Police Force’s Special Branch, made these admissions while undergoing cross-examination from lead defence counsel Siand Dhurjon during ongoing court proceedings.
Over the course of questioning, Narine attributed multiple factual inaccuracies in his November 2025 written statement to simple typographical errors, and attempted to clarify gaps in the original document by adding previously unrecorded details. The first inconsistency centered on the date Narine claimed he received the official Authority To Proceed (ATP) for the extradition from Guyana’s Minister of Home Affairs Oneidge Walrond. His written statement incorrectly listed the date of receipt as 31 October 2025, a mistake Narine dismissed as a typo when pressed by Dhurjon.
The second major discrepancy involved Narine’s original claim that he personally collected the full U.S. extradition request from Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, alongside the ATP from the Home Affairs Minister. When confronted with this claim, Narine once again stated the line was the result of a typographical error. Further questioning revealed a more consequential omission: Narine confirmed to the court that he never witnessed either minister sign the extradition-related documents in person on the day he collected them. Instead, he acknowledged he actually picked up both the ATP and required Section 6 Certificate from a female administrative staff member at the offices of the Attorney General of Guyana – a detail completely missing from his two-page official statement, with no mention of the visit to the Attorney General’s Carmichael Street premises at all.
In his explanation, Narine clarified that while the two documents were officially issued by the respective ministries, and he recognized the ministers’ signatures on the paperwork, they were routed through the Attorney General’s chambers for collection. The 26-year veteran police officer also agreed during cross-examination that drafting accurate, transparent statements after an investigation is one of the core responsibilities of any policing officer, and that official police statements are intended to be fully transparent records of first-hand information.
The two businessmen at the center of the extradition request, Azruddin Mohamed and Nazar Mohamed, are wanted by U.S. federal authorities to stand trial on charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering. The charges are linked to their billion-dollar international trading operation, making this one of the most high-stakes extradition matters Guyana’s legal system has handled in recent years.