Man loses money bag after leaving city bank

PERSAUD Singh was up to late yesterday counting his losses while his wife was thanking her lucky stars and being grateful for being alive.The couple were on Wednesday afternoon robbed of $800,000 moments after they left the Demerara Bank on Camp Street and South Road in Georgetown.
According to information reaching the Guyana Chronicle, the man withdrew the cash to conduct business transactions, as he was preparing to leave the country this coming weekend.
Singh stated that after exiting the bank, he and his wife went to get something to eat while the cash was still in the vehicle. After eating, the two then left for the GT&T Blackberry office on Brickdam.
The man explained that when they reached the Blackberry Store, he went inside to purchase a mobile phone.
After he exited the store and was seated in his car a gun-toting bandit came up to the driver’s side of the vehicle, opened the door to the car and demanded that he hand over the money.
Singh said he complied and handed over the cash, as one of the bandits also discharged a round shattering the left side of windscreen, close to where his wife was seated.
The police were immediately informed of the robbery and were busy searching the area for clues and evidence.
Over the years, there have been an increase in the number of CG motorcycles being used to carry out robberies and various other offences.

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