…suspected murder weapon, phone cards recovered

Diligent work by ranks of ‘B’ Division led to the arrest of six men following the daring robbery and murder of a Phone Card Distributor at Adventure Village ,East Berbice Corentyne Wednesday afternoon.

This was confirmed by ‘B’ Division Commander Ian Amsterdam. According to a police source, a gun was recovered along with a quantity of phone cards .The motorcycle used in the robbery was found two villages away from the crime scene yesterday and according to the source, a Corentyne residents has identified the motorcycle to be his, which was stolen from his yard on February 2, 2017.

Police also recovered two matching rounds from the crime scene. A major breakthrough in the case is expected shortly as the men in custody are believed to have played a pivotal role leading up to the robbery and murder. This newspaper understands the men hail from Rose Hall Town, Canje and other villages along the Corentyne.

Businessman Danian Jagdeo, known as ‘Damion,’ was shot three times at point-blank range in the shop at Adventure Village. The 36-year-old father of four of Lot 12 Section G, King Street, Williamsburg, Corentyne, was a phone card agent, who serviced the entire East Berbice, Corentyne area from Moleson Creek to New Amsterdam. At approximately 15:30hrs on Wednesday, he was making his rounds when he stopped at the Country Chef Food Shop and Soman’s Grocery in Adventure village.

This newspaper understands that one of the two bandits followed Jagdeo inside the shop and immediately opened fire on him. He was shot in the region of the abdomen, chest and back. He was taken to the Anamayah Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

The gunman relieved Jagdeo of a bag which contained an undisclosed sum of cash and a quantity of phone cards before escaping with his accomplice, who was waiting on a motorcycle some distance away.