Suspects in Berbice supermarket robbery caught

− linked to other robberies

Police on the Corentyne have been able to apprehend two suspects as they continue their investigation into a robbery, which occurred on Tuesday at the Good Life Supermarket, located at Belvedere on the Corentyne. Police have also found other items linking the suspects to another robbery.
Police on Thursday released the identities of the two suspects, whose names were given as Shawn Thompson, 19, of Rose Hall, Corentyne, Berbice; and Daniel Grant, 20, of Williamsburg, Corentyne.
The men were masked during the daring robbery; however, based on their physical appearance, the officers were able to arrest the two suspects.
The mother of one of the suspects told the officers who visited the home, what her son was wearing when he left home. When the man was apprehended, he was wearing the same clothing.
Police searched an abandoned house at Rose Hall and found a motorcycle believed to be the one used during the robbery; they also discovered a DVD player and later contacted a man from Topu, at Albion, who was robbed on Old Year’s Day by two men; one with a handgun and the other with a cutlass.
The man, Permaul Latchno, confirmed that the DVD player belonged to him.
Latchno told Guyana Times that he was attacked by two masked bandits at the Nigg Drainage Pump where he worked.
Divisional Commander, Assistant Commissioner Ian Amsterdam told this publication that the Police have since dusted the motorcycle and helmet for fingerprints to link the suspects to the Good Life Supermarket robbery.
He said the motorcycle is owned by Latchno and was taken from him during the Old Year’s Day robbery. The colour was changed from its original blue to black.
The two will be charged with that robbery, while Police are searching for the firearm, which could be linked to other robberies on the Corentyne.