Stabroek News

Three arrested in relation to West Dem armed robbery

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olice have arrested three of ve suspected bandits who legedly carried out an armed bbery at Recht-door-Zee, est Bank Demerara on onday night.

In a release, Police Public elations Officer Jairam amlakhan said that the suscts were arrested approxiate­ly 30 minutes after the robry occurred by ranks of the ti-crime patrol unit.

The men were arrested in arfaite Harmonie, West Bank emerara. At the time of their rest, police said they were und to be in possession of cutsses and a hand gun.

On Monday night at around 7 pm, police said the bandits pounced on a 27-year-old woman ‘A’ Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown and two others, as they were along the Recht-dooree Public Road. The victim was not named by the police.

She was relieved of jewellery, cash and a cellphone, the majority of which were recovered. Police are currently on the hunt for two other suspects and investigat­ions are continuing. Traffic ranks in ‘C’ Division are currently on the hunt for a driver who was involved in a hit and run accident on Sunday night on the Annandale Railway Embankment road.

Police Commander, Calvin Brutus, told Stabroek News that they have gathered some informatio­n and are working to solve the case.

The accident on Sunday night claimed the life of Leon Fung-A-Fat, 31, of 162 Annandale South.

Delon, a brother of Fung-AFat, told Stabroek News that police have retrieved surveillan­ce footage from a few supermarke­ts in the area and are currently working to enhance the video.

According to him, the footage reviewed showed that a silver-coloured car struck down his brother. He stated that the driver came out of the car and asked an eyewitness what it was he hit. After the driver learnt he had struck down a man, he hopped back into his car and drove away.

The surveillan­ce footage also showed that the car suffered a tyre blowout, causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle and collide with Fung-A-Fat.

The brother explained that he has been pleading with traffic ranks to review more surveillan­ce footage.

He also lamented that his brother was left unattended for approximat­ely 25 minutes before he was transporte­d to the hospital.

“The eyewitness said he was stopping cars but nobody wanted to stop and help,” the brother said.

Stabroek News gathered that the man was struck down sometime after 9.30 pm on the Annandale Railway Embankment road.

The man’s mother told Stabroek News that she was sleeping when a relative woke her and told her that her son had been involved in an accident.

The woman said by the time she arrived at the hospital, Leon had been pronounced dead. She related that he sustained head injuries.

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Leon Fung -A- Fat
 ?? (Guyana Police Force photo) ?? Some of the items that were recovered by the police subsequent to the apprehensi­on of the three bandits.
(Guyana Police Force photo) Some of the items that were recovered by the police subsequent to the apprehensi­on of the three bandits.

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