Georgetown: As the police intensify their probe into the Professional Guard Service (PGS) botched robbery outside Demerara Bank Ltd. on Camp Street and South Road, Georgetown on Sunday night, the driver of armored vehicle has since been detained for questioning.
Reports reveal that the cell phone records of the PGS team has since been reviewed and they are looking at the incident from all the possible angles to ascertain whether it was an ‘inside job’ gone wrong.
The PGS team has submitted statements to the police as the investigation widens. The owner of the car used in the foiled robbery cannot be located but it was reported to the police that the car in question was hijacked in July this year.
Security guards attached to PGS came under heavy gunfire from bandits on Sunday night, as they were about to make a late night deposit. Police in a statement reported that three private security guards attached to the Professional Guard Service displayed bravery at about 23:45h on Sunday night, while on duty. In the process, they received gunshot injuries and were hospitalised in a stable condition.
The security guards, two males and a female, had just collected various amounts of cash for night safe deposits at Demerara Bank Ltd. and while in the process of exiting the armored vehicle they were in, gunmen in a motor car drove up and opened fire on them, police said.
The security guards adopted tactical positions and returned fire, after which the motor car sped away. The car has since been recovered in the D’urban Backlands area with evidence of exchange of gunfire.
A quantity of spent shells and five live rounds of .38 ammunition were recovered at the scene at Demerara Bank Ltd., whilst spent shells were found in the motor car at D’urban Backlands. The shooting went down when the PGS armoured vehicle arrived at the bank and the guards, including, the one with the bag of cash, exited, the bandits ordered them to hand over the bag.
However, the alert Nicholas De Clou threw the bag containing the money in the vehicle and engaged the bandits.
He was shot and injured but the bandits was forced to retreat empty-handed when the PGS team traded bullets with the gunmen. According to reports, the getaway car, a Toyota 212 was observed circling the bank before the shooting and was parked on Croal Street.
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