Police in C Division (East Coast Demerara) are on the hunt for two motorcycle bandits who attacked a gas station located on the Railway Embankment, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, on Wednesday evening.
According to reports, about 20:30h, a female pump attendant was sitting on a chair counting some cash when two men on a motorcycle rode into the service station and grabbed her. However, the woman managed to escape and alert her colleagues.
At the said time, a customer, who is a licensed firearm holder, was at the gas station and upon realising what was transpiring, drew his weapon and opened fire. This caused the two bandits to rush out of the service station. Luckily, they were unable to get any valuables.
It was reported that this service station was among three businesses that were robbed last weekend by two bandits on a motorcycle. Reports revealed that around 07:00h on Friday last, two men, one armed with a gun and the other with a knife, rode up to one of the pump attendants and snatched a sum of cash from her hand before riding off.
After reviewing surveillance footage of Wednesday’s incident, the owner of the facility, Rabindranauth Prasad, believes that the two men who attacked his business on Wednesday were the same ones who carried out last weekend’s daring robbery.
He pointed out that this was the fourth time the gas station has been robbed and the Police were unable to capture any of the perpetrators despite being provided with surveillance footage.
On June 18, 2016, armed bandits stormed the service station just after midnight and tied up the pump attendant along with the security guard before escaping with some $14,200 in cash, two cellular phones and 12 gas cylinders.
Meanwhile, with regard to Wednesday’s incident, this newspaper was told that the Police were reviewing the surveillance footage and were yet to make an arrest.