Bandits dressed as Policemen break into sugar worker’s home
−cart off with cash, m in jewellery
A West Berbice man is alleging that Police ranks attached to the Fort Wellington Police Station broke into his home on Monday and carted off with a number of articles, cash and $2 million worth in jewellery.
Amzad Hoosain displaying the empty pouch which he claims the jewellery was taken from
The Blairmont Estate cane harvester, of Cotton Tree Village, in Region Five (Mahaica/Berbice) says he was not at home when the perpetrators entered his home.
According to Amzad Hoosain he had gone to the back of the yard and upon his return, he found that his front door was broken.
His father, Saffie Hoosain 76, told this publication that four men dressed in blue shirts and blacks pants walked into the yard situated at Lot 15 Cotton Tree Public Road and asked for Amzad. “I tell them that he not at home and they go upstairs and broke the door.”
The senior Hoosain said the men went to the second story where his son lived, taking with them two spades.
“But they did not use the spade to break the door; they kick it down and one of the bolt fall out and two dem go in; one stay down here and the other one went up the step. They open up the back door and the veranda door,” he related.
Hoosain told Guyana Times that after a while, the men came out of the house taking several items, including two cutlasses.
Meanwhile, Amzad said he discovered his door ajar and a pair of footwear missing along with a neck tie, two cutlasses, two files, and jewellery among other items.
He said that the matter was reported to the Fort Wellington Police Station and up to Tuesday midday, no one had visited the scene.
According to Amzad, he was not aware of the men’s attire and the fact that they were dressed as Policemen until he received the details from his father, after making the report.
He explained that the jewellery was in a wardrobe in one of the two bedrooms, in the upper flat of the building. He referred to the jewellery as being ‘old gold’.
In tears, Amzad showed this publication three chains; two silver and one gold which he said were not taken.
