TWENTY-one-year-old Devon Forde of Stevedore Housing Scheme, Georgetown is nursing gunshot wounds he allegedly sustained in a standoff with police early yesterday morning in the community of Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD).He is currently a patient under guard at the GPHC, while his reputed accomplice managed to escape.
Police say that 50-year-old Cheryl Embrack of Grove Housing Scheme, EBD, was entering her home when she was attacked by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.
The men took her into the house, and took away a stereo set and a cell phone.
While the robbery was in progress, neighbouring residents informed the police, who responded and encountered the perpetrators as they were leaving the scene.
The police reportedly came under fire, and returned same, injuring Forde, from whom they retrieved an unlicensed .32 pistol with 10 matching rounds of ammunition.
Forde’s capture is another plus for Operation Dragnet which came into effect at the beginning of this month to curb criminal activity. It has already resulted in a reduction in serious crimes.