HOURS after a family returned from overseas, bandits attacked them at their Enterprise, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home.

Reports indicated that the persons returned from overseas, Thursday night, and, after having a family gathering with relatives, they retired to bed at midnight.

That same night, one of the relatives heard a strange sound and woke. Upon checking, nothing was amiss.

However, in the wee hours of Friday morning, a woman was awakened from her slumber and noticed her purse was on the floor and her money and important documents were missing.

“When my sister get up around 04:30h, she holler out that she purse open and throw out in the house, ” Farook Khan said.

This prompted them to check the house. It was discovered that the door on the lower flat of the house was pried open, the grill on the window was cut and some panes were removed.

They believed that the suspects then used the staircase to gain entry into the upper flat of the building.

Khan said over US$4500 was taken along with some Guyana currency, a passport, green card and other valuables. He expressed relief that no one was injured.