Bandits rob Berbice businessman
The Mootoo shop that was robbed in the wee hours on Sunday
The Mootoo shop that was robbed in the wee hours on Sunday

THE HOME of businessman Jacob Mootoo of Alness Village, Corentyne in Region Six was invaded by two armed and masked men in the wee hours of Sunday, and an undisclosed sum of money and two cellphones were taken away.Mootoo, who operates a grocery and off-licence shop, said that at about 02:00h on Sunday, the men gained access to his home through a front window on the upper flat of his two-storey home by smashing out the grillwork.

“I was in bed, and got up to close the side window — since it started to rain and I usually leave that one open — when I heard a loud sound by the front window. I done know is thief, so I tried to holler and run downstairs,” he said.

Mootoo related that as he ran downstairs, his wife followed him, and he picked up a cutlass to confront the bandits. As he was making his way up the stairs in the dark, he fired several chops in the direction of the bandits, who retaliated by firing two shots, both of which missed him.

Mootoo said the men then turned around and left through the very window from which they gained entry into his home. They carted off an undisclosed sum of cash and two Sumsung Galaxy cellphones.

Mootoo’s (reputed) wife, Vimla Motee, said that when she heard the noise, she ran to awaken her sister who was in the next bedroom. However, the sister was not responding, and she ran downstairs to hide. Moments later, she explained, her sister opened her door but was confronted by the two men, who took away her cellphone. She also ran and hid in the shop.

Motee said that as her sister came to hide in the shop in the lower flat of the building, she opened a window and yelled: “Thief! Thief!”
Her screams alerted neighbours and the police were contacted. They arrived in less than 10 minutes, but the bandits had by then already escaped.

No one was injured during the ordeal, and police have since launched an investigation into the robbery.

 

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