Berbice : About 8:30 am yesterday, money changer Kumar Sookraj, 22 years, and his brother Parsram Sookraj 17 years, of Rosehall, Corentyne, were on the roadway at Rosehall when they were held up at gunpoint and robbed of a sum of foreign and local currency by a man who escaped into Rosehall.
The police responded to the report and information received led to the subsequent arrest of the suspect in a house at Rosehall. An unlicensed .32 revolver with 6 rounds was found in his possession.
Further inquires led to the arrest of an accomplice.
Both men are in police custody assisting with the investigations.
The suspect who had carried out the robbery has been identified as one of three men who had committed an armed robbery on a poultry farmer at Rosehall on April 30, 2016, during which Samuel Fernandes was shot and injured.
