ECD businessman, tenant robbed during power failure

The storage bond and minibus of an Annandale, East Coast businessman were in the wee hours of Monday broken into, and over $400,000 in items were reported to have been stolen. The bond is located at the side of the businessman’s home.
The victim, 28-year-old Andrew Rampersaud, told Guyana Times that he arrived home with his family at about 22:00h on Sunday, and retired to bed following a power failure and heavy rains. He recalled that the bond was secured with padlocks; and his minibus, which also had some items, was locked.

However, at about 06:45h, his tenants frantically informed him that his bond was broken into, as well as his minibus. He rushed to the area, only to find that not only the locks to the bond were damaged.
He noted that, as based on checks, he realized that a quantity of costume jewellery, kids’ games, clothing, DVD players, Bluetooth boxes and other items were stolen.
In addition, the tenant’s motor car was also broken into. The perpetrators removed the car’s music deck, a quantity of liquor and other valuables.
A screwdriver was recovered lying on the top of the fence, which gives the indication that the bandits had scaled the fence to gain entry into the yard.

“They left a screwdriver on the fence top, and there was a slight bend on the grill work,” he recalled. The Police were summoned and an investigation has commenced. The area was dusted for fingerprints.

“The detectives took fingerprints. We already gave a statement, but we gotta go [to the Vigilance Police Station] to give a formal statement,” the frustrated young businessman told the Guyana Times.