Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an armed robbery that occurred at the Hong Yuang Supermarket at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara at around 19:34hrs on Tuesday.
According to a statement from the Guyana Police Force (GPF), four armed men approached the business establishment via XR motorcycles, one red and another black.
CCTV footage seen by this publication showed that the perpetrators brazenly parked their bikes in front of the supermarket before storming inside, brandishing firearms and threatening two cashiers, 50-year-old Xie Zie Ying and 46-year-old Xie Zi Xia.
The criminals then confiscated a stack of phone cards and an undisclosed sum of cash before returning to their motorcycles, which they mounted and rode off the scene.
As investigations continue, Police have since released still images of the suspects, which were extracted from CCTV footage that captured the entire ordeal.
Investigators are urging anyone with information regarding the suspects to contact them on telephone 696-4862, or at the nearest Police station. All information provided will be treated with utmost confidentiality, the Police have said.
