Reply to "Them put a gun to me head."

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Other armed robberies
Shah is the latest of several other persons who have been robbed in recent times upon their return from overseas. Back in June two men were held after they were nabbed by Police ranks in D Division (West Bank Demerara/East Bank Essequibo) moments after robbing an overseas-based Guyanese and his family at Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara (WBD) in the wee hours of Sunday morning.

Alex Roberts, 35, of Lot 324 Goed Fortuin, Squatting Area, WBD and his wife arrived at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) at about 00:30h and after clearing immigration, the couple left the airport and arrived home at about 02:00h. Reports were that Roberts and his wife, were collected at the airport by his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, had and upon their arrival home, he exited the car to open the gate. It was here that he was confronted by three men armed with handguns. The men relived the family of US$140, G$55,000, jewellery, four mobile phones and travel document, along with two bags. From all indications, it appears that the perpetrators trailed the family from the CJIA, since records at the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) proved that Roberts’ vehicle crossed the bridge at 01:47h and the vehicle the perpetrators was travelling in, bearing registration number PSS 9566 crossed at 01:48h.

In the same month another US-based Guyanese woman who had returned to Guyana to visit her family in Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara was attacked and robbed at gun point, hours after landing at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri. Seerajie Shivram, 56 years old of Florida, was attacked and robbed by two gunmen as she was making her way into her house at Lot 2 Mon Repos. The woman was relieved of over US$3000, her asthmatic medication, her United States (US) passport, and US identification card and driver’s licence, among other important documents. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum had explained that there are normally Police roadblocks along the East Bank Corridor from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) in Timehri to Georgetown, and Police Officers would usually stop suspicious vehicles, make inquiries and take the necessary action if something seems amiss. However, considering the progressive increase of these attacks on travellers, not only US-based Guyanese en route from the airport to their destinations, Blanhum had said the Police will definitely have to intensify their work to ensure the country is safer for tourists and returning Guyanese.

7/31/1510:01 AM

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