While police toot their own horns about reducing crime, the reality on the ground says otherwise.
Japanese trio on holiday, taxi driver robbed at Ogle seawall
–suspect held with stolen item
THREE armed bandits in an motorcar without number plates robbed three Japanese nationals, two men and one woman, and a taxi driver Tuesday night at the Ogle seawall, East Coast Demerara.The taxi driver was identified as Abdool Rahim, 38, of Canal No.2, West Bank Demerara. A lone female has since been arrested by police with one of the stolen items, and is assisting with investigations.
According to a police release, the Japanese nationals were robbed of over $2M in electronic items, which included two video cameras valued $560,000, one laptop valued $300,000, $820,000 cash, four cellular phones valued $300,000 and twenty-three video tapes valued $106,000.
The victims, who are on holiday in Guyana, went sightseeing when they were pounced upon by three males armed with handguns, who relieved them of the articles and escaped in a motorcar that had no registration number plates.