Police are investigating an armed robbery committed on 59-year-old Lennox Albert and his wife 68-year-old Verna Albert at Nouvelle Flanders Village, West Coast Demerara.
The incident occurred at about 20:00hrs on Sunday when the victims who operate a shop were in the process of closing their business.
They were robbed by “two identifiable males, one armed with a handgun” the police said.
The perpetrators took $500,000.00 cash and a quantity of cologne; in the process, Lennox Albert was relieved of his licensed .32 pistol with five rounds.
The bandits who escaped on foot, have not yet been apprehended.
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