Bank of Baroda East Coast branch robbed – bandits carted off undisclosed sum of money

East Coast Demerara : At about 12:50 p.m. today, four men, one of whom was armed with a firearm, entered the Bank of Baroda at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, and held up the lone female private security guard on duty and took away her .32 service revolver.

During the incident which lasted for about five  minutes the men then held up the two female tellers and took away an undisclosed amount of cash and escaped in  a waiting  silver grey/off white premio motor vehicle bearing false registration plate PNN 8984.

The police have quickly responded to the report received and strategic road blocks have been established and anti-crime patrols alerted. Crime Intelligence Units have also been activated.