POLICE are investigating the armed robbery of a 23-year-old woman and her husband, which occurred just after midnight on Friday while the couple was walking along the La Grange Public Road, West Bank Demerara.

Police Headquarters, in a statement, noted that the two bandits were armed with with a handgun and a knife; they stole a haversack containing an ID card, a bank card, and an umbrella, and $42,000 in cash, a Blu Cellphone valued at $4,000, and a silver chain valued at $17,000. The bandits then escaped on foot.

Police are continuing their investigations.