…despite relatives obtaining court order to block expulsion By Dale AndrewsThe family of a businessman,Cheap Adidas NHL Jerseys, through their attorney Nigel Hughes, is in the process of lodging a formal protest to the Brazilian government over what is being described as his illegal removal from Guyana.The businessman, Euclid Da Silva, who operates a business on Hadfield Street, was yesterday handed over to Brazilian authorities by the local police.Da Silva is wanted by the Brazilian authorities for unlawfully escaping from custody, while serving a lengthy prison sentence.But his lawyer had moved to the High Court to prevent his expulsion from Guyana on the grounds that he was a legitimate Guyanese.However, despite an order by Chief Justice Ian Chang to block his expulsion, the local law enforcement authorities released him into the custody of the Brazilian Federal Police.Attorney Nigel Hughes has indicated that he will also be seeking a motion of contempt against the Commissioner of Police.Da Silva was first arrested on Friday but was released on $100,000 bail by the local police who told him that they were investigating his status in Guyana.The man’s wife, Rozana Melville, told Kaieteur News that at no time did the local police indicate that they were planning to return him to neighbouring Brazil.She said that this is despite Da Silva, who also goes by the name of Euclid Saigo, insisting that he was Guyanese by birth.“My husband is a Guyanese. He born at Annai and his mother is Maria Joseph. His father is Milton Saigo, Guyanese, all from the Rupununi.She related that she met Da Silva around 1990 in Brazil, where she was residing after fleeing the Rupununi in the wake of the 1969 uprising.Melville explained that Da Silva managed to obtain Brazilian papers through his mother who was married to a Brazilian. “He never take out a Brazilian passport, he only take out an ID.”Euclid Da Silva (facing camera) is surrounded by local police while on his way to the Guyana/Brazil border yesterday. She said that they cohabitated in Boa Vista where their first two children were born. Their third child was born in Guyana.Several years ago, Da Silva was accused of transporting cash for the head of a Brazilian drug cartel and was imprisoned.“When they held him they say that the money was counterfeit and they locked him up. He managed to get away and come back home. Since then he never went back to Brazil.”Melville said that after returning to Guyana, Da Silva secured his Guyana birth certificate and subsequently a passport.The local police are contending that the documents are false.According to a senior police official, the police had apprehended Da Silva on suspicion that he was in possession of ‘false documents’. They later learnt that he was a fugitive from Brazil,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, after contacting their counterparts in the neighbouring country.The official said that Da Silva was arrested in 1998 on drug trafficking and money laundering charges, but later escaped from custody after being sentenced to 29 years in prison.Local police, acting on their belief that Da Silva did not prove that he was Guyanese, then commenced preparations to send him back to Brazil where an international warrant had been issued for his arrest.In an exclusive interview with Kaieteur News yesterday, Rozana Melville said that on Friday, a man went to their business place – E&S Service Centre on Hadfield Street – and enquired about a vehicle that they had for sale.At the time her husband was not at the business but the man insisted that he meet with him to discuss the purchase.When Da Silva arrived, four men in a car drove into the compound of the business and informed him that they were there to collect him.Melville said that her husband recognized one of the men as a policeman and freely decided to go with them to CID Headquarters, Eve Leary, since he was convinced that he had done nothing wrong.There he was accused of being a Brazilian and being in possession of false Guyana documents.Melville said that she subsequently took her husband’s passport and showed it to the police but he was only released late Friday night after posting $100,Cheap Jeseys NFL,000 bail.On Saturday morning, Da Silva returned to Eve Leary as per instructions,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, and was held for several hours before being sent away with instructions to return the following day.On Sunday he was again instructed to return the following day, which he did.It was only on Monday that the police informed him that he would be taken to Lethem. He still was not told the real purpose of him being taken there.Meanwhile, family members and friends began mobilizing to prove to the local police that Da Silva was indeed a Guyanese in an eff