Police in Region Six, East Berbice, have taken a Corentyne teacher into custody on an allegation that he had forced two teenage sisters aged 14 and 15 to perform oral sex on him.
Reports are that the teacher had gone to the home of the teen girls to take food items for the family, but instead collected the sisters and took them to another location, where he allegedly forced them to perform the act on him.
Following the incident, the teens went to the Albion Police Station and reported the matter.
Police Divisional Commander, Assistant Commissioner Ian Amsterdam, confirmed that the teacher has been taken into custody, and that the teens had taken police to the place where the incident had allegedly occurred.
He said the police have since prepared a file based on the reports, and are awaiting legal advice on the matter.
The teacher, Inews was informed, operates a private school on the Corentyne.
