Waitress, man taken into custody
A waitress and a man are currently in custody after they were accused of orchestrating a robbery at a Mon Repos bar.
Reports are that the robbery occurred on Wednesday about 20:25h at Sita’s Bar, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
According to the Police, a 34-year-old of Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was among friends at the bar when he noticed the waitress talking to a man who then collected her phone and used it.
Following the phone call, the man claimed that a fully-masked man in a black hoodie who was armed with a firearm along with two others – one dressed in an orange hoodie and another in a black hoodie, both armed with cutlasses – ran into the bar.
Police said one of the men then robbed the 34-year-old man at gunpoint, relieving him of $260,000; one Microsoft Lumina cellphone valued $127,000 and one LG Aristo cellphone valued $47,000 while the other two bandits targeted the other patrons at the bar. The men then made good their escape. No one was injured during the ordeal. Police said that the waitress and the man were contacted and a search was conducted on their homes, but nothing of evidential value was found.
Nevertheless, they are being held at the Beterverwagting Police Station where they remain in custody.
Police investigations are ongoing. (G15)
