THE National Identification Card (ID) belonging to a female who had reportedly rented motor car PRR 514, used to drop off and pick up three bandits who robbed the home of former Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, has been retrieved from the said vehicle, which was found on Wednesday abandoned on Croal Street, Georgetown.

According to sources within the Force, a wanted bulletin is likely to be issued for the woman soon.

Investigators have dusted the vehicle for fingerprints, and are matching those with prints found at Rohee’s home.

Meanwhile, the vehicle owner reportedly told police that he rented the car to the woman, but she returned the vehicle an hour later, alleging that it had developed mechanical problems. However, the owner noted that the car appeared to be in good condition when he checked it.

Police later discovered that the woman had used a fictitious name and address to obtain the vehicle.

Three men, armed with guns and a knife, carted off an undisclosed sum of cash and jewellery from the former Minister’s home. Rohee, General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC), told reporters that he left his two maids at home at about 9:30h, and was later informed that bandits had invaded the property.

According to the politician, the grilled back door was left open, facilitating entry to the home for the bandits.

“Three men armed with guns and a knife entered the back, tied them up with duct tape, took them upstairs to the upper flat, and began demanding gold and cash. Of course they [maids] know nothing about that! They assaulted them for a brief while, a few kicks and so on. They began to ransack the house from top to bottom,” Rohee said.

Rohee has said he is unsure whether the robbery was a random one or was a well-planned act. He said, “I can’t say really, you know. They had to be something make they came to this specific house and leave the others in the neighbourhood.”

According to him, robberies are prevalent in the Eccles area, and it is an issue he has spoken about on previous occasions.

“Not because it has touched me, but a significant number of people have come to recognise that the crime situation is becoming more or less intolerable,” Rohee posited.