AROUND 18:30 hrs on Thursday evening, bandits attacked and robbed security personnel of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) of a $1.5M payroll at Massy Industries on the Ruimveldt Public Road. According to GuySuCo, employees of the company were transporting the payroll in a Toyota Hilux vehicle when they were attacked by several men. Reports are that the men used two vehicles in the process.
One of the men then drove away the sugar corporation’s vehicle which had a 9mm pistol in it. No one sustained injuries. The money was being taken from one of the company’s offices to Massy Industries for processing.
The matter was reported to the Ruimveldt Police Station and GuySuCo’s security is assisting with the investigation.