At about 5.30 pm yesterday, lumber dealer Chen-Jui-Pin, 56 years, and his wife Suchen-Chen, 55 years, of Kara Kara, Linden, were proceeding along the Linden Highway in their motor vehicle when they were attacked by bandits.
Police said that in the vicinity of Yarrowkabra, two men drove up alongside in motor car HB 6580 and signalled to them that something was wrong with a wheel on their vehicle. As they stopped to see what was the problem the two men came out of their vehicle and held them up.
The men took away a bag with $769,000, a cell phone and a wristwatch from the two victims, during which the armed man discharged a round which struck Suchen Chen to her right thigh. The bandits then escaped.
Quick response by them, the police said, resulted in the motor car HB 6580 being intercepted at a roadblock along the East Bank Demerara. One of the suspects was arrested and $154,120 recovered.
The suspect is in police custody assisting with investigations. Suchen Chen was treated at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre and sent away.
