Bandits rob Double Day Hotel receptionists

Police in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) have launched a manhunt for two gunmen who allegedly robbed receptionists at the Double Day Hotel and Rental, Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo.
Reports are that at about 17:30h on Saturday, the two receptionists, aged 19 and 20, were on duty at the hotel when a gunman walked into the establishment and held them at gunpoint.
Police said that enquiries disclosed that the receptionists, both of Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara, saw a man entering the building with a black cloth wrapped around his face and a gun in his hand, wearing a red jersey and blue three-quarter pants.
The 19-year-old receptionist said that the suspect approached her, told her to “get up” from where she was seated and demanded money.
Police said shortly after, another man entered the building with his face wrapped with grey cloth and wearing a black jersey and three-quarter pants.
Both suspects, Police said, started to demand money from the two receptionists.
“The suspect with the gun took away the cellular phones belonging to the two workers (an iPhone 8, black in colour, valued at $85,000, belonging to the 20-year-old, and one Samsung A03, blue in colour, valued at $30,000, belonging to the 19-year-old). They also took out $7000 from a drawer, the property of the 35-year-old businessman and owner of the hotel,” Police said in a release on Sunday evening.
The suspects then made good their escape. Police were contacted and visited the scene. Several persons were questioned around the area. Investigations are ongoing.