GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 2, 2026 — A second police constable has been charged and remanded to prison in connection with an investigation into the alleged unauthorized disclosure of surveillance footage linked to a shooting incident outside the residence of Senior Superintendent Prem Narine.
Constable Ashton Chappelle, 24, of Non Pariel, East Coast Demerara, was charged Monday with obtaining and giving electronic data relating to the national security of the state, contrary to the Cybercrime Act No. 16 of 2018.
Chappelle appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, where he was remanded to prison.
Police said Chappelle was arrested Friday, October 30, following further investigations into the alleged disclosure of surveillance footage connected to the shooting incident outside Narine’s residence.
His arrest brings to two the number of police constables charged in the investigation, which has also resulted in criminal proceedings against Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed.
The latest charge follows the October 30 court appearance of Constable Ryan Greene, 20, who was jointly charged with Mohamed over the alleged unauthorized transfer of footage from the police surveillance system.
Greene, who was attached to the Guyana Police Force’s Command Centre, is accused of downloading surveillance recordings onto a flash drive and providing them to Mohamed in exchange for G$800,000.
According to police, Greene allegedly accessed and downloaded the footage while on duty October 23. Investigators allege that an employee of Mohamed subsequently transported Greene to the opposition leader’s Houston, East Bank Demerara, residence, where the exchange took place.
Greene and Mohamed appeared before Magistrate Abigail Gibbs at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court on Friday, October 30. Both were refused bail and remanded to prison until November 24.
During the proceedings, prosecutors argued that the alleged unauthorized extraction and transfer of surveillance footage raised serious national security concerns, including the possibility of interference with witnesses and ongoing investigations.
Greene’s attorneys, Dexter Todd and Darren Wade, challenged the prosecution’s arguments, maintaining that their client was an authorized police officer and disputing whether the surveillance recordings constituted information relating to national security.
The defense also argued that Greene had no previous disciplinary infractions and that appropriate bail conditions could address concerns raised by the prosecution.
Before the charges were instituted, Greene and his mother, Nikita Greene, had challenged their detention in the High Court.
On October 29, Justice Christel Lambert-Meertins upheld Greene’s arrest, finding that investigators had reasonable grounds to suspect his involvement in criminal conduct. However, the judge ordered his mother’s release, ruling that the state had failed to establish sufficient grounds for her continued detention.
The court was told that Greene allegedly gave his mother G$300,000 from the money he received. She subsequently surrendered the money to investigators. The judge made no finding of criminal wrongdoing against her.
The investigation stems from an October 12 shooting incident outside Narine’s residence in Kitty, Georgetown.
Mohamed and two associates were subsequently charged with firearm, ammunition and obstruction-related offenses arising from the incident. They were granted bail in those proceedings.
On October 26, Mohamed publicly displayed more than 20 minutes of surveillance footage during a news conference as he challenged the police account of the shooting. The disclosure prompted an investigation into how the recordings were obtained from the government’s surveillance system.
Greene remains on remand in connection with the alleged G$800,000 transaction, while Mohamed is also detained in relation to the surveillance footage case.
Police said investigations are continuing.