Bandits caught in stolen car after attempted robbery

Six men were caught in a stolen Toyota Premio during a roadblock at Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD), moments after they attempted to rob a poultry farmer at Supply, EBD on Tuesday evening.

Those in custody include a 30-year-old taxi driver from Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara; a 33-year-old trader of Charlotte Street, Bourda; a 31-year-old fish vendor of Albouystown; a 39-year-old taxi driver of Parfaite Harmonie, WBD; a 27-year-old of South Ruimveldt, Georgetown and a 30-year-old trader of Independence Boulevard, Albouystown.

News Room was reliably informed that the suspected bandits were intercepted in motor-car HC 4543, in which police found a sledgehammer, two pairs of unused latex gloves, $1,420 in cash, trade plates marked ‘Akbar 2’, a red haversack; two Glock 9 mm pistols and 11 rounds of ammunition, a black Beretta pistol with 11 rounds and one .32 Taurus pistol, with six live rounds.

These items were found on the floor of the car by the police. News Room understands that upon examination, police observed that the number PVV 6204 was engraved on the windscreen and lights of the car.

At around 20:00hrs, a 27-year-old man turned up at the Grove Police Station and identified the car as belonging to his grandmother. The man told the police that the car was hijacked on March 25, 2018, at Princes Street, while he was working taxi.

Prior to the arrest of the six men, a Chinese businessman who operates a poultry farm, reported to police that he was at home with his two sons when at around 19:10hrs, he heard someone breaking down his eastern door.

The businessman said he then saw four men inside his yard, raised an alarm and the men escaped in a silver grey Premio motor car number – HC 4543, which was parked on the southern side of his home.

This information was filtered to the police and the roadblock was immediately set up.

The businessman’s home is equipped with several CCTV cameras and captured four masked, armed bandits attempting to break the door.

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