– crops destroyed, death threats allegedly made ?An ongoing feud between farmers at Friendship,Wholesale China Jerseys, East Bank Demerara, escalated this week with one man accusing some members of the New Friendship Farmers Coop Society of destroying his crops in an effort to force him off his land.The matter reached the police on Sunday after Rafeek Kabool, who is farming about an acre and a half of land in the Friendship backlands, alleged that some co-op members, with whom he has had a dispute, hacked down several of his plantain and sweet potato plants.Kabool claims that he is now fearful for his safety,Wholesale Adidas Hockey Jerseys, since he is often alone on his farm, which is located in the Friendship backlands. The farmer estimates that he suffered some $300,Wholesale Jerseys,000 in losses.But Chairman of the coop society Philbert Blair refuted the allegations and accused Kabool of being the one who has been inciting trouble.According to Blair, Kabool is not a member of the co-op society, but has been occupying land that belongs to another member for the past three years.Rafeek Kabool among some of the damaged plantain treesBlair said that he and other members gave statements to ranks at the Grove Police Station in response to claims by Kabool that farmers with whom he has a dispute destroyed his crops.The group chairman told Kaieteur News that Kabool had sent his false claims of victimization to senior Government officials and to the Ethnic Relations Committee, after it was found out that he was illegally occupying farmland.“We sent letters (in response to the allegations) to the President, to the Minister of Agriculture.” According to Blair, Kabool “could not go back to them again”, after the allegations were investigated and proved to be unfounded.Blair said that that the farmer’s group might have considered including Kabool among its membership, but claimed that many of the members are reluctant to do so.The group chairman said that members will be meeting today to make a final decision on the matter.Kabool,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, who took Kaieteur News to view the damage, claims that the farmland he now occupies belonged to an uncle. He claims that he has been on the land for about 15 years.“I am not a member (of the coop society) but me uncle is a member,” he said.The farmer said that the dispute between him and some members began around 2005, when he protested the confiscation of land from another farmer.Kabool identified two senior group members as being among those who have been targeting him,NFL Jerseys China, and claimed that a series of incidents followed.The farmer said that around 2005,Cheap Jerseys, a former employee of one of the farmers chopped him with a cutlass while he was leaving his farm with some produce. According to Kabool, he managed to wrest the cutlass from his assailant and took the weapon to the Grove Police Station. The man says he also got a police medical. However, no one was charged.He claimed that on another occasion, someone destroyed his boat engine and made off with his boat.According to Kabool, on Sunday, someone informed him that several of his plants had been destroyed. He said that on visiting his farm, he discovered that someone had chopped down about 200 plantain trees on his land. Some of his sweet potato plants had also been damaged.