THREE unmasked bandits early yesterday morning blow torched their way into the safe of the Goodwood Horse Racing Service located at 170 Camp and Charlotte Streets in Georgetown carting off $2.1M and a laptop computer.

Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle yesterday, proprietor of the business, Chetram Singh related that the discovery was made when he showed up for work. He said that although the business place was opened for business since 06.00hrs the robbery was not known to workers since the persons entered the horse racing service from the roof of the building.
Singh said that his camera picked up the three men entering the compound of the facility with a bag and it is suspected that their blow torch was concealed inside. He said that the camera picked up the men at 03.00 hrs.
He related that the business place closed its office at approximately 20.00hrs. According to him when the men entered the building using the roof and a store room they proceeded to blow torch the safe which was protected by concrete. He added too that they used water which was inside the office at the time to cold down the heat as they torched the safe.
Once opened the persons took away the contents of the safe and one laptop computer which was on a table and was usually used to stream the races coming from the satellite feed. He was quick to point out that the computer had no sensitive information and as such the operations of the facility was not compromised by the stealing of the laptop.
In relating what he saw on the camera, the businessman said that the persons seemed to know the geography of the building since they entered from a part of the building that is not protected and monitored by the security service which provides security surveillance for the premises.
As the men moved around the building they were seen hiding their faces by either pulling their caps, rags and turning their faces from the camera as they carried out their acts with the use of plastic gloves.
The men carried out their operations so cleverly that they were only picked up by two of the cameras which covered the building and for the other cameras which they came into contact with the wires were severed causing the devices to become inoperable.
When the discovery was made the police were called in and they dusted the place for finger prints and other clues which may lead to the capture of the men who carried out the act.
Meanwhile, Singh said he is not too optimistic that the police would be able to apprehend the men given the way they carried out the act.
The Guyana Chronicle was told that the businessman had cause to fire an employee recently who had worked with him for years. That employee was found to be stealing from the businessman this publication was informed.

(By Leroy Smith)