Beauty queen, Carolan Lynch, wife of Swiss House Cambio boss, Farouk Razac, has been hospitalized following vomiting on Saturday night as law enforcers continue a high-level probe of the couple and four others following the discovery of weapons and cocaine on Friday.
Lynch was up to press time last night being kept under tight security at the Georgetown Hospital.
Reports reaching this newspaper state that Lynch, Razac and four other persons who were picked up in two raids at North Ruimveldt and Bel Air on Friday are likely to appear in court today.
Razac according to reports has since denied knowledge of the cocaine and assault rifles found at the North Ruimveldt house.
Police up to yesterday had not concluded ballistics tests on the weapons that were found. The public will be waiting anxiously to see the results of the ballistics examination since recent tests done on guns found on gunmen killed during confrontations with the police were able to link them to various scenes of interest.
Farouk Razac
Lynch, recently crowned Mrs. South America in Georgetown, was arrested along with her husband on Friday morning after police uncovered one Beretta submachine gun and 120 rounds of 9mm ammunition at their Ireng Place, Bel Air home during a raid.
When Stabroek News visited the hospital yesterday the beauty queen was surrounded by relatives and friends. One young lady was observed combing her hair and Lynch smiled and appeared to be recovering. Conditions at the East La Penitence police station lock-ups where mainly females are being held are said to be very rough and this could have resulted in Lynch becoming ill.
Although she was under tight security at the hospital Lynch appeared very relaxed.
She was rushed to the Georgetown Hospital around 9 pm on Saturday after complaining about a stomach upset and vomiting. Stabroek News was told that the beauty queen had had similar complaints on Friday when she was held.
Police on Friday during the two raids recovered a large quantity of cocaine, ammunition, assault rifles and grenades.
Gunshots rang out at Razac's home during the search there which resulted from an earlier raid at North Ruimveldt.
Up to press time Razac was an inmate at the Brickdam Police Station. The four other persons were also behind bars at different locations.
At North Ruimveldt where two women and two men were arrested police found one AK-47 rifle, one Chinese automatic assault rifle with improvised suppressor, two bullet-proof vests (one with a ceramic plate), three fragmentation grenades, one concussion grenade, 1,192 rounds 7.62 x 39 ammunition, 19 7.62 magazines, 77 rounds .38 special ammunition, 245 rounds 9mm ammunition, 20 rounds .380 ammunition, one round .38 ordinary ammunition, 14 rounds of .30 ammunition, 35 rounds .32 ammunition, one round .22 ammunition, 47 12-gauge cartridges, one pistol magazine, one pistol holster and 10.9 kilogrammes of cocaine.
At Bel Air, ranks found one Beretta submachine gun with four magazines and 120 rounds 9mm ammunition.
Reports are that around 4 am on Friday a large contingent of policemen swooped on the North Ruimveldt house. Shortly after the raid at North Ruimveldt, police descended on Razac's Ireng Place, Bel Air Park home. The businessman, his wife and their child were home at the time. A security guard was in the yard. Reports are that the police entered the yard and requested to search the businessman's house. During the raid gunshots were heard and during a visit to the location on Friday this newspaper had observed bullet holes in the windows of the lower flat of Razac's house.
In March and May of this year Razac's Water Street business and his house were searched by the Joint Services following the theft of 30 AK-47 rifles from the army storage bond at Camp Ayanganna. During the search in May, Razac had been arrested and was kept in custody for three days at the Brickdam Police Station. Prior to that, in March, ranks had also searched the businessman's Water Street business location and arrested a few of his staff.
Speaking to Stabroek News back in May, Razac had lamented the manner in which some of the Joint Services searches were being carried out. He had said then that he was becoming a target and was questioning the accuracy of the lawmen's intelligence.