Suspects caught after robbing Mon Repos contractor
Police have arrested two males, ages 26 and 31, who allegedly robbed a Contractor at Agriculture Road, East Coast Demerara in the wee hours of Sunday morning.
According to a police report, the 44-year-old victim was robbed at gunpoint by two males on a motorcycle of his gold chain, valued $1,680,000 at approximately 01:45hrs.
Police have been unable to recover the gold chain, but noted that the motorcycle has been found. Minutes after the robbery of the contractor, who was driving his motor vehicle, ranks of a police anti-crime patrol responded and arrested one of the suspects with the motorcycle.
Based on information received on the identity of the other suspect, several searches were done and he was apprehended. The suspects hail from Mon Repos and Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara.
Police are also investigating the duo’s involvement in another recent robbery of a couple.