THE Guyana Police Force is confident that it will bring to justice all the players in the brazen Tuesday morning robbery on a young woman who had just done a bank transaction.
Last evening, investigators confirmed to this newspaper that the woman who is in custody is likely to be charged.
The woman, however, is denying that she has any association with the men who stashed their motorcycle in her shop after they had robbed a woman at gunpoint in a pharmacy. She subsequently exited the shop and proceeded to close the doors.
This publication has been informed that the police have since sent a file to the Director of Public Persecutions for advice on the way forward, given the circumstances, information and facts available at this time.
Reports reaching this publication suggest that the woman is among several persons who systematically rob persons after tracking them around the city and pouncing on them at an opportune time.
According to persons in the area, this is not the first time that they have seen a duo arriving at the location and either riding or pushing the very motorcycle into the shop.
The business premises accommodate a grocery and cosmetic shop as well as a hair salon. On Monday the woman who is now in custody reportedly locked the motorcycle in her shop after two men rode it there after robbing a woman in downtown Georgetown where she visited a business place moments after exiting a city bank.
After parking the motorcycle in the shop the two men exited and entered a waiting car which sped off with them. Prior to entering the car, the bandits dumped the victim’s bag into a garbage bin along with her umbrella. The police have since been able to recover those two items which have been lodged as evidence.
The police promptly arrested the woman on Tuesday as she claimed not to know the men who had parked the bike in her shop. She said, however, that the man who was driving the car that left her business place is related to her.
The police are yet to locate that man who is wanted for questioning in the matter. The entire ordeal of how a man entered the store and robbed the woman of the bag containing the cash while brandishing a gun at her was caught on camera which was covered extensively by this publication.
On Monday Andy Mohamed the victim’s companion told this publication that he noticed the men when they pulled up at the pharmacy and one entered the store. He exited his vehicle and went into the store since he had suspected that the men were up to no good. However, when he entered the store the bandit had already robbed the woman and was exiting the premises.
Mohamed said that he quickly jumped into his car and trailed the men on the motorcycle to a location on D’Urban Street, Lodge. There the men rode the motorcycle into a shop, ripped off the number plate, installed an auto dealer number plate, joined a waiting motorcar and made good their escape.
The name of the business establishment is the Rising Sun Grocery and Beer Garden, which also operates the Step In Style Boutique.
The police cordoned off the shop and began searching for clues. The black Honda CG motorcycle was found parked in the shop bearing Auto Dealer number plate M.R. 4. The shop sells confectionery and clothing, among other things.
Written By Leroy Smith