US-sanctioned Azruddin Mohamed a threat to national security – witness tells court

Senior Superintendent of Police Prem Narine, Head of the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Special Branch Unit, has rejected a suggestion that President Dr Irfaan Ali directed his involvement in the extradition case against United States (US) sanctioned and indicted, Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed and his father, Nazar Mohamed. Narine told the court that, based on information available to him, he considers Azruddin Mohamed a threat to both society, and national security.

The evidence came Monday during continued cross-examination of Narine in the extradition proceedings before Chief Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Defence counsel, Siand Dhurjon was probing whether political considerations had influenced Narine’s involvement in the matter and the circumstances surrounding the Mohameds’ arrests on Friday, October 31, 2025.

Dhurjon suggested that President Ali had instructed Narine to become involved in the case. Narine rejected the suggestion emphatically. “Definitely not,” he told the court. Narine said an instruction from the President was something he would remember, describing such a directive as a privilege. “An instruction from the President is a privilege. And it is something that I would remember,” he testified.