Ulric Da Silva of Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara was slapped with a robbery-under-arms charge when he appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus.
A police press release on the incident had stated that around 19:10 hours last Friday, three female teachers attached to GECOM were distributing the cards when they were attacked by two men armed with a handgun and a knife.
Investigations revealed that the three teachers were in the process of distributing the cards when the men entered the building and held them up before taking away a quantity of personal jewellery, three cell phones, US$100 and $9000 along with personal documents.
Da Silva will make a second court appearance on December 3.
