Suspect 'Koy Koy' arrested for theft at gambling establishment in Nickerie
A 40-year-old man was arrested in Nickerie for theft of a sum of money from a gambling establishment on 2 October 2026. Camera footage played a key role in the investigation.
Western Region Detective Bureau arrests 'Koy Koy' following theft at gambling establishment
Politie.sr reports that the Western Region Detective Bureau arrested 40-year-old S.R., alias "Koy Koy", on Thursday, 15 October 2026 on suspicion of theft at a gambling establishment on Kaolanstraat in Nickerie.
The owner of the establishment, L.R. (34), filed a report on Friday, 2 October 2026 after a sum of money in Surinamese dollars went missing from his business.
Security camera footage showed that the suspect had been present in the gambling establishment as a customer that morning and had taken a sum of money from the till at an unguarded moment.
Following the investigation, the Western Region Detective Bureau located the suspect in the vicinity of his residential address on St. Jozefstraat in Nickerie, where he was apprehended.
After consultation with the Public Prosecutor's Office, S.R. was remanded in custody pending the investigation.
Source: Google News SR — Crime