Pensioner, daughter robbed on Vlissengen Road

A 60-year-old pensioner and his 29-year-old daughter are now counting their losses after their Toyota Auris motorcar, parked opposite Survival Supermarket on Vlissengen Road Georgetown, was broken into on Thursday afternoon.
The young lady explained to Guyana Times that her father, who was driving, parked and locked the vehicle at the said location at about 17:00hrs, and the duo went shopping at the supermarket.
She recalled she had left her handbag containing cash and valuables amounting to in excess of $30,000 in the front passenger seat of the motor car.
When the two returned to their vehicle fifteen minutes later, they immediately observed that the front passenger side window had been shattered and the handbag had gone missing.
Police, immediately informed, proceeded to inspect the location. This newspaper was told that the CCTV footage nearby displayed a black motorcar with unrecognizable licence plates driving and stopping alongside the pensioner’s vehicle.
However, no one exited that car.
It is suspected that the perpetrator stretched over from his vehicle, broke the window, and grabbed the handbag, which was in plain sight, before fleeing the scene.
Investigations are in progress.