Woman among two arrested for armed robbery at Berbice

Berbice : At about 7:30am today, vendor Hemraj Singh, 54 years, of Lusigan, East Coast Demerara (ECD), and his wife were held up at the Black Bush Polder Access Road, Adventure, Corentyne, by two men armed with shotguns.

The perpetrators had exited a motor car with two other men and a woman that had blocked the path of the motor canter that the victims were in.

The men took away $180,000.00 and a cell phone and escaped in their motor vehicle.

Quick response by the police on receipt of the report led to the motor car, suspected to be used in the robbery, being recovered at Scottsburg, Corentyne, and the arrest of a man and a woman.

Investigations are in progress.

download