A YOUNG man is presently in custody at the Charity Police Station after he allegedly stole a safe which contained a large quantity of raw gold and cash among other items from his sibling.

Reports are that businesswoman Samantha Cummings of the Charity Housing Scheme Essequibo Coast was robbed of 34 penny weight of raw gold, two gold chains, one gold ring, a Samsung Galaxy S8 mobile phone and G$620,000 in cash on Saturday morning. The incident reportedly occurred around 01:30 hours.

According to information reaching Guyana Chronicle, the victim would usually keep her money, raw gold and jewellery in a safe locked with combination codes under her bed. The last time she checked on her valuables was on May 3 around 20:00 hours. The night she retired to bed around 22:00 hours after securing her home.

The following morning around 0430hrs, the woman was awoken by her husband who informed her that the door on the lower flat was opened. They reportedly got up and started to investigate and during their search, the couple discovered blood stains in their yard.

The police at Charity were informed about the robbery and immediately started to investigate. The woman suspected her 18- year old brother may have been responsible for the theft and as such she went to a popular hotel at Charity where she encountered her sibling in a room with a foreign woman.

The victim also observed that her brother was bleeding from a wound to his forehead. He was then arrested by police and upon questioning he admitted to committing the offence and he even took police to a trench next to the Oscar Joseph Hospital at Charity where checks were made for the safe but it was not found.

Police then received further information which led them to a back street at Charity in the market area where blood stains were seen next to the stall area. On a hunch, the businesswoman decided to ring her husband’s missing mobile phone and to everyone’s surprise, it was heard ringing under a stall.

The businesswoman then found a black plastic bag containing G$176,000 cash, the missing phone as well as two gold chains and 19 penny weight of raw gold.

Later that morning, police acting on information received accompanied the victim to a street leading to the Charity back street where the grey safe was found.
The victim’s brother remains in custody. (Indrawattie Natram)