….posed as GPL meter readers
THE police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara on Tuesday, during which five men, armed with hand-guns, entered a building, bound and gagged three women, then searched the house and made off with US$10,000, G$80,000, a cellular phone and a quantity of jewellery.

The three women were said to be at a house in Golden Grove when, around 10:15hrs, the five men entered the premises, saying that they had come to read the GPL meter. The men held the three women, Donette Atwell, 26, Pauline Peters, 49, and Roxanne Crawford, 22, at gun-point, bound them with duct tape, then ransacked the building.

Having stashed their booty, the men escaped in a waiting motor vehicle.

The matter was reported to the police who visited the scene and commenced investigations.