At least four bandits robbed a couple and their daughter at their Vive-La-Force, West Bank Demerara home last evening and attempted to gain entry to a pastor’s house but were unsuccessful.
Before escaping the bandits fired off four shots. According to reports, the bandits struck sometime after 7 last evening at the Lot 28 Vive-La-Force home of 59-year-old Cecil Raganauth.
He and his wife and their daughter were home at the time and the bandits held them at gunpoint and forced them to lie on the ground while demanding money and jewellery.
$12 000 and an undisclosed amount of jewellery were handed over to the men who then left and went to the pastor’s home where they attempted to gain entry.
Police sources told Stabroek News that the pastor, who was robbed of over $2M during a robbery in November last year, and his family were at home at the time.
The bandits attempted to enter the home but by this time an alarm was raised and the bandits left but not before firing off four shots. There were conflicting reports on how the robbers escaped as some said that they had fled in a waiting car while others said that they ran away.
Police are investigating the matter.
