Police arrest 1 suspect in multimillion-dollar gold heist

− security officer remains in custody

The Police have arrested one suspect in connection with the multimillion-dollar robbery committed on Wallison Enterprise located at Lot 23 Gordon Street, Kitty, Georgetown, on Thursday.

This is in addition to the security officer who was taken into custody hours after the daring daylight robbery.
This was confirmed by Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum on Friday. He also stated that the suspect was arrested after Police received information. He did not divulge additional information at the time.
On Thursday, three armed men who posed as customers robbed the establishment of $20 million in gold and $38 million in cash.
It was reported that at about 10:00h on the day in question, the three suspects arrived at the Gordon Street business in a white car, and entered the compound through the main gate, after indicating to the security guard that they had gold to sell.
The suspects then entered the waiting area, where they spoke to the female cashier and showed her a small package which they claimed contained the gold they wanted to sell.
Immediately after, they whipped out their guns, and ordered her into an office where the money and gold were secured.
At the time, another employee and a man were in the office, and they were also held at gunpoint even as the cashier was ordered to open the two metal safes. After collecting the valuables, the bandits locked the victims in the office and made good their escape.
The victims managed to set themselves free, and the cashier raised an alarm and the security officer went to their rescue.
However, based on CCTV footage seen by Guyana Times, at about 10:04h one man entered the establishment and started to speak with an employee, Wazim Kassim, about selling gold. Soon after, he was joined by a second person, and later by a third.
Upon entry of the third man, the visitors all went into their bags and pulled out firearms. Thereupon, they held Kassim at gunpoint and tied his hands behind his back.
Having donned masks and dark shades, the three armed men then entered another section of the establishment and held three other employees at gunpoint. They then tied up a female and another male employee, and started to demand money and gold.
After committing the heist, the men relieved the victims of their cell phones, before using duct tape to gag the employees prior to locking them in one of the offices and making good their escape.
The Police were immediately contacted and soon after the security officer who was on duty at the time of the robbery was arrested.