Thieves raid Lethem store
Yimochi Melville
Yimochi Melville

A YOUNG Lethem businessman, who said he acquired loans to start a photography business from scratch, is now counting millions of dollars in losses after thieves broke into the shop on Monday night. Yimochi Melville, 34, who was born and raised at Lethem, closed up his business, Melville’s Photoshop, around 19:00hrs Monday, only to discover the next morning when he and his three staff members showed up for work about 08:30hrs that several items were missing.
The business, which offers such services as printing, photocopying, typing, events photography, and computer repairs, is located at Lethem’s airstrip, which usually has no security.
Melville told the Guyana Chronicle yesterday that the effects of the robbery are quite adverse, as, among other things, many of the laptops which were stolen belonged to his customers.
Other items stolen include three high-powered desktop systems (which he had built specially for video editing); two Canon Rebel XS Camera with assorted lenses; one Canon XA10 video camera, including bag and assorted lenses; four external hard drives (with many hours of work); flash drives, SD cards, 3-12v to 110 Realtree camouflage inverters, two point-and-shoot cameras, one Canon SX50 Camera, and even his father’s leathercraft that he was selling for him.
“This morning I opened my store to discover that it was broken into, and a quantity of equipment and goods stolen. Access was gained by cutting a padlock on a grilled window,” Melville explained.
The businessman is worried about how he will manage to pay his loans at monthend. To the best of his knowledge, the police have not found any leads so far. “Please, if anyone has information that could help with the recovery of these items, please help me,” Melville plead.
He can be reached on telephone number 685-3997.

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