Police said that at about 22:30 h Tuesday, Raphael Matthews and Afzal Khan were at the home of Rasheed Motin, of Line Path, Corentyne, and were returning to a motor pickup GGG 4658 when the bandits robbed them of $5,000 in cash and a quantity of jewellery.
Motin was then called out of his home by the robbers who took him inside the building, ransacked the house and took away $80,000 in cash.
UNSOLVED Crime
The
bandits then demanded the keys for the vehicle which they used to escape.
The
vehicle had not been recovered up to press time and the suspects are still at
large.
Meanwhile,
in an unrelated incident the police reported that they found the decomposed body
of a man in Berbice.
Police
said he was identified as Bahadur Jahore, 47, a labourer. His body was found
about 15:00 h Tuesday at Potoco Creek, Canje.
Police
said the man was last seen alive about 12:00 h Tuesday.
Friday, December 16, 2005