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Two taxi drivers of Number 28 Village, West Berbice are upset that bandits stripped their cars early yesterday morning of lights valued over $200,000, cash and a bottle of cologne.
Late yesterday afternoon the lights were recovered in the yard of a house at Number 30 Village and the owner of the house was placed in custody at the Fort Wellington Police Station.
The driver of a “strange” white Toyota Carina AT192 motorcar, PJJ 2718 that was parked on the parapet in front of the house at Number 30 Village was also arrested.
The bandits also attempted to break into a third car at Number 29 Village but the owner, Leyland Carmichael, woke up in time and raised an alarm.
Carmichael told Stabroek News that he got up at around 1:15 am yesterday and saw two men dressed in dark-coloured clothing opening the bonnet of his car which was parked in front of his house.
They had smashed a window at the back to gain access to the car and had already released the screws from his lights to remove them.
He immediately turned on the lights in his house and raised an alarm, causing the men to flee. Together with other residents, he attempted to follow the bandits. On the way they passed the strange car, not realizing that someone was in it until it sped off.
Another driver gave chase but lost track of the car shortly after. The police had also been informed and they arrived at the scene within 15 minutes and also chased the car. They managed to intercept it at Mahaicony and have impounded it at the Fort Wellington station.
The bandits had already broken into the cars belonging to Eon King and Donald Nicholson whose vehicles were parked in front of their home.
They said the bandits smashed the back window to gain access to the cars and removed the articles.
Nicholson, the owner of a Mitsubishi Lancer told this newspaper that he was about to leave for work at around 5 am when he discovered his vehicle had been broken into. Upon checking he found that $30,000 and a bottle of cologne were missing.
He said the night before he went out with the money to transact some business but had not met the person. He forgot to remove the money from the car and when he eventually remembered he didn’t bother to get it because he “always lock my car and park it right there for the past three years and nobody ever trouble it.”
King who owns a Toyota Carina AT212 told this newspaper that he was not aware that his car was broken into until about 5:30 am yesterday when someone shouted to him, “Look yuh car break.” He said when he checked he discovered that the lights were stolen.
He then made a report to the Fort Wellington Police Station where the car was dusted for fingerprints. Police investigations are continuing.
