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Guard tied up, taped to hammock during robbery

December 3, 2016

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A security guard was bound and strapped to a hammock with duct tape by bandits who broke into a storeroom owned by East Coast Berbice (ECB) farmer, Rohan Hanoman.

According to reports reaching Guyana Times, shortly after midnight on Thursday three men confronted the guard, Suresh Narine, 70, also called “Manko” of Guava Bush, Albion, Berbice. The man related that the men attacked him, covering his mouth with their hands before duct taping his mouth.

He recalled that his hands were tied together and then he was put to lie in a hammock, which the men also duct taped.

Narine added that the men then proceeded to break into a storeroom.

He explained that the thieves seemed to have known what they were after since they did not spend more than two minutes inside.

The bandits took six water blowers valued at some $700,000. The water blowers are used by rice farmers to distribute fertiliser and manure manually.

The guard noted that some time after the perpetrators went away, he managed to free himself and rushed to a nearby house to raise an alarm, before returning to the premises and contacting the owner to inform him of what had transpired.

The matter was since reported to the Police and an investigation has been launched. No arrests have been made thus far.-

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