Gunmen invade Kaieteur News, escape with safe

…former employee arrested

Three armed bandits escaped with millions in cash following an early morning invasion of Kaieteur News at Saffon Street, Georgetown.
Reports are that the incident occurred at about 01:15h whilst three employees were still at the office performing duties.
According to Police, a gold Spacio motor car, whose registration number is unknown, stopped in front of the building. The trio exited the car and entered the building through an eastern door at the bottom flat.
The three employees were held at gunpoint and the bandits placed them into an office where they were instructed to stay on the ground.
One of the suspects remained with the victims and the other two suspects proceeded to the upper flat of the building, to the Accounts Department.
The door was secured with a padlock which was wrenched off. The lock on one of the desk drawers inside the Accounts Department was also broken off.
Under the said desk had a small safe with an undisclosed amount of cash, which the suspects took. The suspects spent about five minutes in the building after which they exited through the front door and escaped in the said motor car.
In addition to the undisclosed amount cash belonging to the entity, the suspects robbed the employees of $5000; one Blue Redmi cellular phone valued at $44,000 and one Samsung S7 cellular phone valued at $40,000.
Police said CCTV cameras attached to the building were viewed by detectives. Guyana Times understands that a former employee of the company was arrested for questioning.
Investigations are in progress.