Quick work by the police foiled a carjacking early yesterday morning and led to the arrest of two suspects.
The two men now in custody assisting lawmen with their investigation are believed to be among the three persons who attacked and robbed taxi-driver Elvis Albert, 47, at Cane View Avenue, South Ruimveldt.
Two of the three men who carried out the attack, which occurred at around 11:50pm on Thursday night, were armed with handguns, police said, and they stole Albert’s vehicle, which bore licence plate number HC 1720. “Information on the incident was communicated to all police patrols and the stolen motor vehicle was subsequently seen by ranks of a mobile police patrol,” police said in a statement, while adding that the ranks gave chase behind the vehicle, which ran off the road at Cummings Lodge, on the East Coast of Demerara.
Two of the suspects were arrested, while the third managed to escape. An unlicensed .38 revolver with one round was recovered, police added.
Over the years taxi drivers have been the targeted by bandits posing as passengers. In most cases, the cars are stolen and abandoned after being stripped of parts. A few of the stolen cars have also been used in armed robberies.
