Bandit arrested after robbing Chinese supermarket at Kuru Kururu

– 2 others on the run

Moments after robbing the Sheng Supermarket at Kuru Kururu on the Soesdyke- Linden Highway, EBD, one of three bandits has been apprehended by the police.
Police have said that the robbery took place on Friday at about 21:05h, when Chinese national Zhenfa, a businessman of Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara, was with his staff preparing to close the business for the day. Three identifiable males, one of whom was armed with a handgun, entered the supermarket and held everyone at gunpoint, while the other two suspects went behind the cashier’s counter and confiscated $500,000 in cash, along with several phone cards valued at $150,000 and three bottles of Hennessy.

A group of citizens went to the businessman’s rescue, and the bandits thus ran out of the supermarket. One of them discharged several rounds in the air before they made good their escape.
The matter was reported to the police, who combed the area and promptly arrested Jason Richards, 28, who resides at Independence Boulevard in Albouystown, Georgetown. CCTV footage showed Richards wearing the same clothing as one of the bandits whose images were captured on camera. The other two suspects were not found, but investigations are ongoing.