–suspect held with stolen item
THREE armed bandits in an motorcar without number plates robbed three Japanese nationals, two men and one woman, and a taxi driver Tuesday night at the Ogle seawall, East Coast Demerara.The taxi driver was identified as Abdool Rahim, 38, of Canal No.2, West Bank Demerara. A lone female has since been arrested by police with one of the stolen items, and is assisting with investigations.

According to a police release, the Japanese nationals were robbed of over $2M in electronic items, which included two video cameras valued $560,000, one laptop valued $300,000, $820,000 cash, four cellular phones valued $300,000 and twenty-three video tapes valued $106,000.

The victims, who are on holiday in Guyana, went sightseeing when they were pounced upon by three males armed with handguns, who relieved them of the articles and escaped in a motorcar that had no registration number plates.