A GUNMAN and the driver of a getaway car were arrested on Tuesday after robbing a 42-year-old caterer in the vicinity of Bourda Market, at approximately 14:30 hours.

Reports indicated that the victim was about to make a purchase at a stall in Bourda Market when the suspect approached her with a firearm and demanded her bag.

She refused and the suspect thereafter dealt her a ‘lash’ to the chest with the handgun, then grabbed her bag and ran south out of Bourda Market, and into a waiting car which was parked north, on Regent Street, Georgetown.

The police were contacted and they located the getaway car and gave chase when the bandit attempted to dispose of the firearm by throwing it out the car window.

However, it was subsequently retrieved by the police.
Both suspect and the driver of the motor car were arrested and taken to the Brickdam Police Station where they remain in custody, assisting with the investigation.