Forty-one-year-old David Singh, also called “Dave”, a driver from Eccles New Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, was on Wednesday sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment on a charge of obtaining money by false pretences.

Singh, for whom an arrest warrant was issued, was arrested on Sunday and appeared before Magistrate Dylon Bess at the Diamond/Golden Grove Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, where the charge was read to him.

Police stated that Singh had collected $2.6 million from two brothers, ages 35 and 30, a contractor and an operator, respectively, both from Best Plantation, West Coast Demerara, between June 1 and June 15, 2026, under the pretence of obtaining firearm licences for them.