THE man who was shot to the head twice last Thursday while seated in a minibus at Agricola Public Road, East Bank Demerara, was one of the persons being sought by the police in connection with the $42M robbery in front of the Bourda Post Office on April 01 this year.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday in a statement said that their investigations have revealed that Gladstone George, 32 years, of Agricola was identified as a suspect in that armed robbery.
George, called ‘Brother’, 32, was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was shot while in a minibus shortly after boarding it along the Agricola East Bank Demerara roadway the same night that a fuel truck had burst into flames at Two Brothers Service Station and the minibus was stuck in a traffic jam.
There were reports on the night that after the gunman shot the man, he snatched his bag but after realising that it was just a lunch bowl inside, he tossed the bag away and made good his escape. Reports indicate that the gunman might have thought that that the man was carrying a portion of the cash from the post office robbery at the time he boarded the minibus.
There is the suspicion that the man who is now fingered in the robbery might have been killed by another accomplice in the April 1 robbery after a misunderstanding over the money that was stolen.
On April 01, gunmen bundled a driver and a policeman into a minibus which was transporting cash to several post offices for old age pension and public assistance distribution.
The gunmen relieved the police rank of a high powered rifle and made off with millions of dollars and later abandoned the police rank, the post office driver and the minibus along Cemetery Road.
The police immediately launched an investigation into the matter and several persons were arrested for questioning. The driver of the post office vehicle was taken into custody while the police rank who was reportedly abducted was placed under close arrest.
Subsequently the police were able to recover the weapon which was taken from the police rank during the robbery. None of the money was recovered from the robbery even as the Ministry of Human Services has been calling for added security to be provided while escorting pension and other funds for public assistance to post offices across the country.