Employee shot during robbery at Cevon’s Ruimveldt office

A driver attached to the Cevon Waste Management is now hospitalised after he was shot during a robbery at the company’s Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown office.
Injured is 33-year-old Berthony Cadeau. Based on reports received, on Saturday, another employee, 31-year-old Ruth Chase was in the office paying salaries to other employees, when two males wearing masks entered the building.
One of the suspects drew a firearm from his waist and discharged two rounds, one of which struck Cadeau.

The suspects then relieved Chase of a cellphone without a sim valued at $200,000 and an undisclosed sum of cash, property of Cevon Waste Management. The suspects then exited the building and escaped on a black motorcycle.
The matter was promptly reported to the police and the scene was visited by detectives who found two .32 spent shells and a warhead.
The injured man was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where he was admitted a patient. His condition is regarded as stable. Investigations are ongoing.
This is the second time in less than three years that the company has been robbed of its finances. In October 2021, its head office was broken into by seven identifiable men who carted off two cell phones and a vault containing an undisclosed amount of cash, police said.
Two male guards, 56 and 64 years old, had told police that they were approached by two of the men, who were armed with guns. The guards said the glass was shattered and they were taken inside and tied with duct tape before the men stole the phones and the vault.

Investigations later revealed that the 56-year-old guard was at his post in a guard hut in front of the building, when he was approached from behind by two of the suspects who were armed with handguns and one said “Don’t move or we gon kill you”.
They reportedly then held him at gunpoint and took him to the back of the building where the other victim was and he was also held at gunpoint. Two other suspects then joined and jumped the fence after which the glass door to the building was broken and the victims were taken into the building where they were tied up with duct tape.
Three other suspects joined the four and relieved the victims of their belongings, including the vault that was inside the building.
The suspects then exited the building and made good their escape leaving the victims tied who later managed to untie themselves and raise an alarm, the Guyana Police Force said. It is unclear if anyone was arrested in connection with the incident.