AN EMPLOYEE of the victim is among four suspects in Police custody following the Tuesday robbery of lumber dealer Subach Singh. Bandits carted off millions of dollars in booty after the early morning attack at the businessman’s Hogstye, Corentyne, Berbice home. Police said one of the men held is an ex-convict, who previously served a jail sentence for a similar crime and was recently acquitted of a murder indictment at the Berbice Assizes. In custody, too, is the driver of the alleged getaway motor car which was intercepted at a Kildonan roadblock, in another Corentyne village. Berbice Police Divisional Commander, Assistant Commissioner George Vyphuis said a gun was found under the driver’s seat of the car, in addition to several pieces of wet clothing. Vyphuis said the robbers went to the house shortly after 02:00 h and assaulted the occupants, among them Singh’s wife and their children and barged into the couple’s bedroom, from where they removed G$5M, US$8,000 and jewellery with which they escaped. But, due to their diligence, cops on mobile patrol nabbed the men now being detained, Vyphuis said.
Employee among four held for businessman’s robbery
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