TWO men, who allegedly broke into the Bissan’s Trading store, located at King Street, Georgetown, and carted off over $13M in cash were on Friday, January 18, 2019 remanded to prison.

Patrick Smith of Curtis Street, Albouystown and Lincoln Trotman of Guyhoc Park, appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and denied the joint charge.

Particulars of the charge read that, between January 10, 2019 and January 11, 2019 at King Street, the men broke and entered Bissan’s trading store and stole $13.1M in cash, property of Bissoon Singh.

Prosecutor, Corporal Sanj Singh, during his objection to bail, told the court that both Smith and Trotman were known felons and were previously charged for similar offences
Singh further argued that both defendants were also convicted for similar crimes and also had pending charges before the court.

According to the facts, the money mentioned in the charge was kept secured in a safe located in the Bissan’s Trading store and was last seen on January 10, 2019. However, on January 11, 2019 it was discovered that the store was broken into and the money was missing after thieves torched the safe. The matter was reported to the police, who, acting on information, arrested Smith and Trotman. Trotman was searched and $410,000 was found in his possession. It was suspected that same was stolen.

Both men, under caution, confessed to breaking into the store but admitted to only stealing $1.3M. The police had also arrested a third person who confessed to taking Smith and Trotman, in his motorcar, to Bissan’s Trading.
Magistrate Daly remanded the duo to prison until February 11, 2019.