INVESTIGATORS from the police ‘A’ Division and the Criminal Investigation Department are working around the clock to crack the case of Tuesday’s daring evening robbery of America Street money-changers by gunmen on motorcycles.No one was injured during the five-minute attack, but the rapid gunfire from automatic weapons had persons in the area scampering for cover as shots were fired in the air and in the direction of the money-changers.
Police sources have confirmed that already the names of persons in the criminal underworld are being mentioned in relation to the attack and those suspects are being sought by law-enforcement officers.
Meanwhile, the Guyana Chronicle was told that the police are confident that they will crack the case wide open since information about a criminal operation on such a scale will hardly remain under wraps for long, a police source told this newspaper.
On Tuesday, close to one dozen men were reported to have robbed the money-changers in the America Street area, familiarly known as Georgetown’s “Wall Street.”
Early yesterday the police returned to the area and checked footage from nearby security cameras. However, it is not known how much evidence the police secured since eyewitnesses, including one of the victims, reported that the men were all masked and wore clothing that covered almost their entire bodies.
Millions were said to be taken from the four persons who were robbed Tuesday night. Three of the victims had all their belongings taken from them as they lay on the ground, while weapons were being fired in close proximity.