ECD man confesses to fabricating hijacking story

A Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara man, who claimed that three men who helped him change a flat tyre on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway and subsequently hijacked his car, has confessed to fabricating the robbery.
The man initially went to Police and claimed that the rear left side wheel of his car, PWW 7281, had a blowout at about 14:20h at Loo Creek, Soesdyke-Linden Highway. He claimed that he parked in the corner and an unknown vehicle stopped in front of him with three persons inside and two of them exited the vehicle to assist him with replacing the wheel.
According to Police the man then claimed that after helping him with the wheel, one of the men then went back to the vehicle they arrived in and took out a cutlass and told him to run, threatening that they would chop him. He claimed that fearing for his life, he ran away while one of the men jumped into his car and drove away.
Police said that further questioning led to a confession by the driver of the silver-grey Allion motor car that he fabricated the story. He was arrested as Police continue their investigation.