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The '''Mongoose Gang''' was a  [[private army]] or [[militia]] which operated from 1970 to 1979 under the control of Sir [[Eric Gairy]], the [[List of heads of government of Grenada|Premier]] and later [[Prime Minister of Grenada|Prime Minister]] of [[Grenada]], and head of the [[Grenada United Labour Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDgairy.htm|title=Eric Gairy : Biography|accessdate=2013-10-08}}</ref>

(contracted; show full) or by whom the recruitment of police aides was done except that he knew the recruitment took place in [[St. George's, Grenada|St. George's]] and that after he assumed the post of acting commissioner of Police he heard from policemen that the men were selected by the Premier, Eric Gairy. As he understood the functions of the police aides, their main duties were guard duties and at times they assisted the police in searches, but they were subject to no discipline or control similar to that of the 
[[Grenada Police|Police Force]] nor were any regulations ever made with respect to them. He added that in his knowledge none of the police aides was issued with firearms although he knew that some of them possessed and carried firearms on guard duty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thegrenadarevolutiononline.com/duffus60thru62.html|title=Report of the Duffus Commission of Inquiry into the Breakdown of Law & Order, and Police Brutality in Grenada|accessdate=2017-06-06}}</ref>

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[[Category:History of British Grenada]]
[[Category:Private armies]]
[[Category:Paramilitary organisations based in Grenada]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1970]]
[[Category:Political repression]]
[[Category:Anti-communist organizations]]
[[Category:Secret police]]