(Kaieteur News) – Toshao of Kanashen, Joseph Ayaw, has raised alarm over a surge in unauthorised foreign aircraft violating the airspace of the indigenous protected area in Region Nine. Speaking on the worsening situation along the Guyana-Brazil border, Toshao Ayaw confirmed with KN that foreign planes and helicopters are systematically flying over their lands, with the frequency of the incursions escalating sharply in recent days.

“The plane and the helicopters are traversing over the protected area within our village,” Toshao Ayaw stated. “But it’s not the first time, it’s happening before, ever since. Recently, last week, before I left from home, there was a plane traversing four times in a day. Sometimes it’s six times in a day, within a week.”

The leader explained that aircraft are regularly observed traversing from the western side of the border heading toward eastern locations. Ayaw strongly suspects these flights are directly tied to illegal mining operations operating right on the edge of the national boundary.