A BRAZILIAN national was robbed of 36 ounces of raw gold and his All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) on Monday night when four masked gunmen emerged from a clump of bushes and attacked him, his wife and another woman on the Aramou Road, Cuyuni. Police reported that at about 15:45hrs that day, four masked men, armed with one shotgun, two handguns and cutlass, attacked and robbed Brazilian national Jucino Nunes, 59, of Boa Vista, Brazil .
 
Investigations revealed that Jucino Nunes, who operates a shop at Far Back, Cuyuni, his wife and another female, were on an ATV proceeding along the Aramou Road, when the perpetrators emerged from some bushes and took away from Jucino Nunes the ATV, 36 ounces of raw gold and $290,000 in cash. They then tied them up and escaped.
   
They were rescued by passersby at about 23:00hrs that same day.
 
 Investigations are in progress.