No arrests for $6M seawall robbery

As the investigation continues into a robbery committed on a North West District (NWD) businessman on Monday, Police are still to make an arrest.

Speaking with Guyana Times, acting Crime Chief Hugh Jessemy said that the investigation was an ongoing one, while confirming that no one was arrested for the robbery.

He also noted that the Police were working on several leads. The taxi driver who was arrested following the robbery has since been released. He has reportedly been working with the businessman, who hails from Barima, NWD, for the past six years.

Randy France, 32, a fuel dealer, was on Monday relieved of close to $6.2 million by four armed men in the vicinity of Police Headquarters, Eve Leary.

It was reported that he and the taxi driver were sitting in a parked car at the Kingston seawall close to the Tactical Services Unit (TSU), when he was relieved of the bag containing the money.

Reports are the businessman travelled to the city to transact business at the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), but before going for his appointment at 13:30h, he went to a city bank where he changed a cheque worth $5,610, 000.

In addition, he had another $630,000 in his possession. After leaving the bank, the duo went to German Restaurant where they purchased some food and went to the seawall where they had enjoyed their meal and waited for the 13:30h appointment at the GEA. It was while waiting they were accosted by the gunmen.

The businessman’s driver’s licence, passport, Tax Identification Number (TIN) and Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) card for another bank were also in the bag with which the gunmen escaped from the scene.

The gunmen then entered a Toyota Raum and made good their escape.