Home invaders snatch over $1.5M in Liliendaal attack

Two men robbed a US-based Guyanese of over GD$1.5M in foreign currency and jewellery during a home invasion at Liliendaal, around midday yesterday.

Navindra Narayan, 34, told police that he and his friend Yusuf Greene were in the kitchen at the Lot 320 Sand Road, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara residence when the attack occurred. There was a knock at the door, a police source said Narayan told investigators, and he went to see who it was. Narayan was confronted by two men who were asking for “Avinash,” another man who used to stay at the Sand Road house. Shortly after, the men pushed past him and one of them pulled out what Narayan told police looked like a toy gun.

While one attacker demanded money from Narayan,