Three gun-toting bandits last night invaded the Indra Grocery and Beer Garden in Canefield, East Canje, Berbice, and robbed the owners and about 22 customers of a quantity of jewellery, cash and cellphones before stealing a customer’s car to escape.

A police source told Stabroek News that three suspects have since been arrested, while the stolen car was found at the Edinburgh Housing Scheme, East Bank Berbice. The source said that the suspects hail from Canje and New Amsterdam.

The daughter and son-in-law of Rookmin Jameer, the West Coast Berbice pensioner found at home with her throat slit on Friday evening, have been arrested.

‘B’ Division Commander Paul Langevine yesterday confirmed the arrests, which were made on Friday evening after the discovery of the body Jameer, also known as ‘Jocelyn,’ 71, in her Tempe Village, West Coast Berbice home.

Langevine would not comment on the reasons for their arrests, while noting that the investigation is still ongoing. Up to yesterday, police were dusting the premises for fingerprints…..