Two caught by public spirited citizens after armed robbery

Georgetown : The police in ‘A’ Division are investigating a robbery under arms committed on Wayne Miller, 51 years and Darmenna Wong, 43 years, vendors of Bourda Market, both of whom resides at Block ‘Y’, Section ‘C’, Grove, East Bank Demerara, which occurred 11pm on Monday July 11, 2016, of $500,000.00 cash.

Investigations have so far revealed that Wayne Miller and Darmenna Wong were in the vicinity of Orange Walk and Robb Street, Bourda, when two  men, one of whom was armed with a handgun approached the victims and robbed them of the cash mentioned. The victims raised an alarm and the suspects were apprehended by public spirited citizens.

The police were summoned and one  9mm pistol and five live matching rounds were found on one of the suspects.

The suspects are in police custody assisting with the investigations.