TWO of five suspects who allegedly carried out a daring robbery at Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD) on Monday, will be arraigned in court this morning, the police have said.
In a statement, the police said three security guards manning a business establishment at Plantation Road, Providence, EBD, were early Monday morning accosted and bound by five identifiable males, two of whom were armed with handguns.
The perpetrators then made their way into a section of the building which housed a family employed by the said business and removed a safe with valuables. In the process, the intruders assaulted one of the family members after demanding the keys for the safe.
According to the police, as the suspects were fleeing the premises with the steel safe, they saw a police patrol and were forced to abandon their loot intact and escaped. Based on closed circuit television footage, a male employee of the company was seen aiding the suspects in committing the crime, and reportedly later confessed to facilitating the robbery.
Two of five suspects have since been arrested and will be arraigned before a magistrate today along with the employee. The police said stringent efforts are being made to have the others apprehended and charged. Those charged are: Gilbert ‘Gaza’ Burrows, 25, of 190 Elizer Street, Lodge Housing Scheme; Terron ‘Stereo‘Niles, 32 , of Norton Street, Bagotstown, EBD and the employee, Deodat Ramdhanie, 21, of 52 Block ‘Y’ Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara.