Armed bandits invade Moblissa family’s home

…escape with vehicles, cash

Armed bandits on Sunday evening wreaked havoc on a Mobissa family of five as they stormed their home, making off with vehicles, cash and several other valuables. The bandits who were reportedly armed with cutlasses stormed the home of 34-year-old Maxine DeNobrega at approximately 19:54h. This newspaper was told that after terrorising the family, the bandits made off with a number of items including a silver grey Fielder wagon motor car, PTT 4321 valued at $3M; a Mitsubishi short base canter truck, GWW 5695 valued $2.4M; four Stihl 51 chainsaws valued $900,000; a Stihl 160 grass cutter valued $100,000; a 50 inch TCL television set valued $68,000; a twenty pound gas cylinder valued $12,000; four cellphones valued $207,000, a YZ grass track motorcycle engine and chassis; a Lenovo Laptop computer valued $80,000; a computer and printer valued $120,000 and $40,000.
Reports are that the Linden- Soesdyke Highway family was making dinner in their kitchen when they were pounced upon by the perpetrators who began assaulting them and demanding that they hand over their valuables. Guyana Times was told that the bandits ransacked the victims’ home and forced them into their bathroom and made good their escape with the articles. Meanwhile, after receiving information regarding the incident, the woman’s brother who is a security guard proceeded to the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) where he spotted the car PTT 4321 travelling in the opposite direction at Pearl Public road, EBD. He begun to follow the car which was reportedly being driven at a fast rate of speed. This caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle and crashed into the curb wall opposite the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) at Diamond, EBD. Two male occupants then exited the car and made good their escape in some nearby bushes. Police reported that checks were made for the suspects which proved futile. The car was then taken to Golden Grove Police Station and lodged to be processed. Meanwhile at about 21:45h, ranks attached to the highway patrol base and relatives of the victim, acting on further information made checks along a trail at Haruni village, Linden Soesdyke Highway where they found another of the family’s car parked and locked. The car was towed and taken to the highway patrol base. Police then found a chain saw and a television set in the front seat of the car. An investigation was launched.