Duo in gunpoint robbery remanded

NIZAM Benny and Enreco Joseph, who were accused of robbing a man of over $10M worth in gold, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, and were not required to plead to the charge. The accused were remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan, and were required to make their next appearance on Thursday, June 24, 2021. The charge states that Benny also known as “Kong” and Joseph also called “Lester, Reco or Innis”, on Monday, April 19, 2021, at Anira Street, Queenstown, Georgetown, while being armed with a gun, robbed Mohammed Khan of 34.5 ounces of raw gold valued, $10.7M, property of Milton Seenarine. According to the prosecution, Seenarine is the owner of a dredge located in Port Kaituma. As he yields gold from his dredge he would package the raw gold and have it transported via plane to the Ogle Airport.

Seenarine, being friends with Khan, gave Khan the authorisation to collect the packaged gold and to conduct other business transactions of his. On the day the incident occurred, about 08:45 hours, Seenarine contacted Khan, instructing him to proceed to Ogle Airport to receive a package from the deliverer. Approximately 10:30 hours, Khan ventured on his quest to receive the package and deliver it to Seenarine’s home. Khan secured the package under the mutt near the driver’s seat. Upon his arrival at his destination, Seenarine’s daughter, who was in the house at the time, had seen Khan’s vehicle and as such, she indicated that she would have been going to meet him to collect the package.

As she was still in the house preparing to go out to the gate to receive the package, two males wearing face masks approached Khan’s car on a motorcycle. The pillion rider dismounted the motorcycle and opened Khan’s car door on the driver’s side. The suspect placed a gun to Khan’s belly and threatened to shoot him. The suspect then proceeded to push his hand under the mutt and remove the package before mounting the motorcycle, making good their escape. Khan reported the matter and the accused were arrested. It is alleged that video interviews were done with the accused in which they both admitted to being participants in the robbery.
As a result, they were charged for the offence.

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