Burglars hit MMZ house; Leonora Police took hours to respond
By Fareeza Haniff
[www.inewsguyana.com] – A Meten – Meer – Zorg (MMZ), West Coast Demerara family is now counting their losses after burglars broke into their house and carted off with approximately $2M in cash and other valuables on Saturday night, July 25.
The family was not at home at the time of the incident but upon their return to the Lot 7 Kastev, Meten Meer Zorg house, Geeta Nadiram noticed that the locks to her door were broken; as a matter of fact she believes that the burglars were still in the house when she and her Canadian based daughter returned home around midnight.
Nadiram told iNews that the burglars even locked her out of her own house by activating the lower bolt on the front door. With the help of neighbours, they managed to force opened the door with a crow bar.
Nadiram and her daughter, who is visiting Guyana for a family event, were greeted with a ransacked home; the perpetrators managed to cart of with approximately $600,000 including Canadian currency, four iPads and jewellery.
But what was even more shocking to the family is the fact that the Leonora Police Station, when contacted, revealed to the victims that there was no vehicle to transport officers to the crime scene.
The family then decided to send a vehicle for the policemen but upon arrival at the station, there were no ranks available; they were told that the Inspector [name provided] went home to sleep and that the patrol was on the road dealing with other issues.
It should be noted that the Leonora Police Station is located approximately 10 minutes from Meten – Meer – Zorg but the police arrived at the scene three and a half hours after being contacted.
So sad but this will con’t to happen. The police force got a whole lot of dunce playing house. And by now they lost count i am sure of how many they got in the call of duty. The Police force have so many police, half of them does nothing when the day come but keep drawing a pay. Why the hell up to now the government can’t come up with a decision to put patrols back on the street from all the stations across Georgetown, where is seem crime is raising more and more to work from 11 pm-7 am every night. At least 2 van load with no less than 5 per van. Let them work for their money. Hold the dam officer in charge if a crime happens and they are no where to be seem or get there late. Something have to be done.