A MANAGER attached to Yokohama Auto Sales escaped with his life following a daring armed robbery at Carmichael Street, Georgetown, on Thursday night when he was shot at and relieved of $1.4M in cash by two gunmen in a car.

It happened at about 19:00hrs when Deepak Balradj, 24, was driving along Carmichael Street and was forced to stop after he reversed his car into another vehicle when the robbers opened fire at him. His path was however, blocked by a silver Premio motorcar they were in and exited it and discharged rounds at Balradj.

The unsuspecting victim was then confronted by the bandits who took away the money he had in his pockets and in the glove compartment of his car and escaped with the booty along Middle and Carmichael Streets soon after.

Sleuths recovered one 9mm spent shell at the intersection of Carmichael and Middle Streets and one .380 live round was found on the floor of the victim’s car. No arrests have yet been made up to press time.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident, the police are looking for two men who robbed a farmer and his wife of $1M in cash outside their Windsor Forest home on Thursday afternoon, after they had made a withdrawal at a bank on the West Coast of Demerara.
According to reports, the farmer Ramadhar Singh and his wife, Pranpattie Singh had made a withdrawal at a bank at Vreed-en-Hoop after which they went about doing some errands.
It was when they reached their residence that the robbers descended on them while they were unloading from the trunk of the car, some items they had purchased from the car.
The couple were about to enter their home when the bandits discharged a round in the air while ,his accomplice held the 51-year-old man at gunpoint and took away the money. The robber then relieved Singh’s wife of a handbag and a cellphone.

A MANAGER attached to Yokohama Auto Sales escaped with his life following a daring armed robbery at Carmichael Street, Georgetown, on Thursday night when he was shot at and relieved of $1.4M in cash by two gunmen in a car.

It happened at about 19:00hrs when Deepak Balradj, 24, was driving along Carmichael Street and was forced to stop after he reversed his car into another vehicle when the robbers opened fire at him. His path was however, blocked by a silver Premio motorcar they were in and exited it and discharged rounds at Balradj.

The unsuspecting victim was then confronted by the bandits who took away the money he had in his pockets and in the glove compartment of his car and escaped with the booty along Middle and Carmichael Streets soon after.

Sleuths recovered one 9mm spent shell at the intersection of Carmichael and Middle Streets and one .380 live round was found on the floor of the victim’s car. No arrests have yet been made up to press time.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident, the police are looking for two men who robbed a farmer and his wife of $1M in cash outside their Windsor Forest home on Thursday afternoon, after they had made a withdrawal at a bank on the West Coast of Demerara.
According to reports, the farmer Ramadhar Singh and his wife, Pranpattie Singh had made a withdrawal at a bank at Vreed-en-Hoop after which they went about doing some errands.
It was when they reached their residence that the robbers descended on them while they were unloading from the trunk of the car, some items they had purchased from the car.
The couple were about to enter their home when the bandits discharged a round in the air while ,his accomplice held the 51-year-old man at gunpoint and took away the money. The robber then relieved Singh’s wife of a handbag and a cellphone.

A TAXI that stopped on the Craig, East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Road due to a punctured tyre, resulted in the robbery of a U.S.A-based Guyanese couple Saturday morning.

The victims were identified as Manboad Shivran, 62, and Kamala Shivran, 60, both of Texas, U.S.A.
Reports indicate that the couple was heading to Eccles, E.B.D, when they were attacked by three men, one of whom was armed with a handgun. The men exited a white, tinted Toyota Premio motorcar that reportedly drove up from the opposite direction and stopped alongside them.

The gunman exited the vehicle and held the couple and the taxi driver at gunpoint before relieving them of their valuables. The bandits then made good their escape with the couple’s suitcases.

The couple was robbed of electronic gadgets, jewellery, passports, bank cards and drivers’ licences. Over US$9,000 in cash was also taken, along with over $US6, 000 in valuables. The matter was reported as police continue their investigation.

A man and his wife were attacked and robbed by armed bandits after they were trailed from a bank on the West Coast of Demerara.
Ramadhar and Prampattie Singh of Windsor Forest, both of whom are 51 years old, are now left counting their losses, which are in the sum of $1 million. 
According to information reaching Guyana Times, after withdrawing the money from the bank at Vreed-en-Hoop, the couple were trailed by the gunmen, who waited for the opportune moment to strike.
This publication understands that the duo had just arrived at their residence when they were pounced upon by the gunmen, who managed to cart off the cash along with other belongings their victims were carrying at the time.
Ramadhar was in the process of removing their bags from the taxi in which they returned home when two gunmen on a CG motorcycle reportedly rode up, discharged a round in the air, and held the couple at gunpoint.
They relieved Ramadhar of the money he had in his possession, while they snatched a handbag from his wife as well as her cellular phone. The gunmen then jumped onto their motorcycle and make good their escape.
Shortly affect the attack, the still traumatised couple reported the matter to the Police, and an investigation has started.

The Police are now on the hunt for two men who allegedly invaded the home of a Guyhoc Park liquor store owner and escaped with a television set and a mobile phone on Saturday morning.
Minerva Thompson, 40, of Lot 50 Guyhoc Park, Georgetown, told Police that the two men invaded her home at about 03:20h. The woman, who resides in the lower flat of a two-storey building, retired to bed but was awakened by a noise coming from her living room.
Upon checking, she was confronted by the two men, one of whom was armed with a gun. The men allegedly held the woman at gunpoint and instructed her to remain silent. One of the men then unplugged the television set while the other relieved her of her mobile phone.
The television set, the victim told investigators, cost $360,000.
As the men made good their escape, they reportedly discharged several rounds in the air to scare off members of the community who were passing at the time.
The woman subsequently contacted the Police who arrived at the scene and commence their investigations. They have since dusted the house for fingerprints.

A FATHER of six was discovered with his throat slit in his Lot 50, Friendship Village, East Berbice, Corentyne, home on Sunday.

The discovery was made around 07:00 hrs by one of his sons who was visiting him for the holidays.

Dead is Anand Sukhram called “Radesh” and “Halfway”, 42, a labourer, who was last seen alive by one of his brothers around 21:00 hrs on Saturday.

The family is of the view that his murder came at the hands of two known characters who live in the same village.

According to relatives, the suspects are allegedly involved in illegal activities and
“Halfway”, exposed it. Since then, the brothers have been threatening to kill him.

“Just two days ago, the suspect say he gon guh kill am and put him in he grave. A while back one of he (Anand) little son, one of the brothers cut out he ears just because them want he to do them bad work.”

According to a brother of the dead man, Allan Sukhram, 49, a sluice operator, who lives a short distance away, he was leaving for work when he recognised two known brothers “Saltfish” and “Raju” standing by a lamp post armed with a cutlass and a hunting knife.

“Them two persons get problems with meh brother, when I see them with the cutlass and Rambo knife, I back away from them and catch a car fuh go open the koker. Me didn’t think is me brother they would ah attack.”

While in the vehicle, he recalled seeing his brother walking home and asked the driver to slow down to talk to him, but the driver was in a hurry.

On Christmas Eve morning, he received the dreaded news of his brother’s death.

“When I go to the scene I see he on the bed, them cut the throat and from what I see is like them hold down he foot on the bed cause it left plait,” the grieving brother said.

The Christmas holidays for the Sukhram family have now turned into mourning and they are calling on the police for justice.

The family is also seeking the assistance of the public to offset the funeral expenses of their dear one. Persons desirous of helping can contact the family on either of these two numbers: 6870720 or 331-0746.

According to a police source, one of the suspects has been held and is helping the police to find the other.

An intelligence-led operation conducted by ranks of the Force’s Narcotics Branch on Sunday at Parika, East Bank Essequibo has resulted in the arrest of a male taxi driver with almost sixty-six kilograms of cocaine.

Police said the operation was conducted between 14:00-16:30h ;first in the thirty-three years old suspect home at Budhoo Housing Scheme,Parika where they came up empty-handed but on searching his motorcar, ranks found an unusually heavy gas cylinder in the trunk.

In the suspect’s presence, the enforcement officials commanded by a Gazetted Officer, cut open the cylinder and found the illicit substance.

Investigations are ongoing.

TWO armed bandits robbed a jeweller of Independence Boulevard, Georgetown in the wee hours of Wednesday morning of his $500,000 gold chain while he was attending a relative’s wedding in his neighbourhood.

Reports indicate that Dandkumar Jeeboo, 34, was at a family’s house celebrating a wedding, not far from his home, when he was attacked at around 01:00hrs by two armed men.

One of the men reportedly pointed a handgun at him and relieved him of his gold chain. The two bandits then attempted to remove his gold band but were unsuccessful as Jeeboo reportedly resisted.

After their failed attempt, the bandits reportedly escaped in the northern direction of Independence Boulevard. No shot was fired and the matter was reported to the police as investigations continue.