A suspected robber was apprehended in a minibus at Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara (WCD) Wednesday after a robbery occurred in the same village.

Police disclosed that about 19:00hrs Wednesday Alam Hussain, 39 years, of Cornelia Ida, WCD, was in the process of closing his supermarket when he was attacked by three men, one of whom was armed with a firearm.

The men held him at gunpoint and took away $4,000 and a laptop computer and escaped.

Police ranks subsequently responded promptly to the report received and arrested one of the suspects in a mini-bus. He is in police custody assisting with the investigations.