Construction workers remanded for El Dorado Village robbery

Two construction workers from Eldorado Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB), were remanded to prison on Friday in connection with a robbery which took place on Wednesday.
Carl Rowland, 18, and Shaquan Bentick,20, appeared before Magistrate Ravindra Mohabir at Weldaad Magistrates’ Court where they were jointly arraigned with ‘Burglary’. They were not required to enter a plea and were denied bail.

Police said the incident was committed on a 37-year-old woman from Eldorado Village, WCB.
After the robbery, police went to the men’s shared residence and recovered several items including five cellphones, one Nintendo game, three packs of powdered milk, a Vita Malt, a smartwatch, two yellow metal chains, one earpiece, an Asus laptop, and $52,320 cash.

All the items were suspected to be stolen. When confronted, the men could not explain how they obtained the mentioned items. As a result, the items were confiscated, documented, and lodged at the police station.
They were both arrested and placed into custody at the Fort Wellington Police Station and were subsequently charged.