A YOUNG couple of Friendship Village, East Berbice, Corentyne could not believe their eyes when they came out of their home at 05:30hrs on Monday morning and saw an empty space where their car is usually parked.

Avinash and Shelly Ramlakhan got up, as they would normally do on weekdays to prepare for a day’s work, and not only discovered that their vehicle, a Black Toyota IST bearing registration number PRR 9094, was missing, but that a strange white one was parked in front of their residence.

According to the Ramlakhans, they’d returned home on Sunday night at around 21:00hrs and parked the car under the house, as they would normally do. However, this time around, they forgot to lock the

car, and unwittingly forget the keys inside it too, but thought nothing of it, since they knew that the yard was well secured.

A review of available CCTV footage showed the Ramlakans’ car heading east at around 00:42hrs, and pulling up at 01:55hrs at the Number 71 gas station, which was closed at the time.
The CCTV footage seen by this publication showed the male driver exiting the vehicle and looking around the gas station. The man was clad in a pair of short pants and a T-shirt, and had on a cap and face mask.

Meanwhile, the white Toyota 212 Carina bearing registration # HB 8907 that was parked outside the Ramlakhans’ residence, was reported stolen between 21:00hrs and 06:00hrs on May 22 and 23, at Mount Sinai in New Amsterdam.

Scattered on the front passenger seat of the said vehicle were found important documents, including a driver’s licence, belonging to the owner, one M. Sugrim. Another driver’s licence was also seen in the back seat of the car, as well as several lights that were in a bag that was taken from a trampoline in the Ramlakhans’ yard.

The couple is seeking the public’s help in locating their vehicle that bears the name “Chocolate City” on the front windshield. It was recently sprayed, and is valued at $1.8M. Anyone with any information is asked to contact the nearest police station, or 612-9819.