Wanted security guard caught weeks after $13.1m Fantasy Game Lounge heist

A security guard, who had been on the run for nearly three weeks after allegedly orchestrating a $13.1 million armed robbery at Giftland Mall’s Fantasy Game Lounge, has been captured.
Twenty-one-year-old Rakameem Nicholas, formerly of West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was apprehended on Thursday evening by detectives from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) during an anti-crime operation at KK Villa on Lime Street, Werk-en-Rust.
Nicholas, who had been attached to Castle Security and was on duty at the time of the June 22 heist, was seen standing outside the guest house when police swooped in around 19:00.
Upon his arrest, police found $20,950 in cash and a cell phone in his possession. He later led officers to Room 9, where a search unearthed a Glock 19 service pistol, the very firearm he was issued on the night of the robbery. The magazine contained 15 live rounds of ammunition.
His passport and a copy of the firearm licence were also recovered.
According to investigators, Nicholas was working a shift at the Fantasy Game Lounge when he turned his weapon on two unsuspecting co-workers, including 21-year-old supervisor Raywat Sankar, around 5:30. The suspect reportedly fired a single round into the air and then forced the employees into the cashier’s room, where he demanded that the vault be opened. After stuffing the cash into a garbage bin, he walked out of the building with the millions in hand.
CCTV footage later captured him walking away from the establishment, turning west along the Railway Embankment, and boarding a motorcar bearing registration number PZZ 569, which then fled the scene. When police raided his West Ruimveldt home shortly after, neither the cash nor the weapon was found, leading to a wanted bulletin being issued for his arrest.
Nicholas had remained elusive until Thursday night’s breakthrough. He is currently in police custody, assisting with the investigation. Charges are expected soon.