Armed men invaded a Best Village, West Coast Demerara home early yesterday morning and later escaped with more than one million dollars in cash and jewellery.
Police said in a press release yesterday that they are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 02:20 hrs during which Rambharose Ramjewan, 52, along with his wife and daughter, was attacked and robbed by three men armed with a firearm, a hammer and a length of metal.
The victims were aroused from their sleep by noise in the home and on checking were confronted by the men who had entered the building after removing some louvre windows.
The perpetrators then took away $1 million, US$2,000, one cell phone, one laptop computer and a quantity of jewellery and escaped, the release added.
