The police are hunting for a vehicle containing millions of dollars in pension and other public assistance funds which vanished from Regent Street in the vicinity of the Bourda Post Office this morning.
Information revealed that six men stormed a vehicle, took away an assault rifle from a police rank, bundled him into the vehicle and drove off with him and another rank who were providing security for the cash.
The incident occurred while another policeman was escorting an employee of the Post Office into the Bourda Post Office to deliver the money. When the men came out of the post office they realized that the van with the money and the police ranks was missing. Eyewitness say that the men pointed a gun to the head of the driver of the vehicle and ordered him to move over as they took control of the vehicle and kept their guns trained on the two policemen.
Police sources have confirmed that the two policemen were later released along Cemetery Road and the gunmen made good their escape with the cash and assault rifle.
The police this midday issued the following release:
At about 0815h. today Wednesday April 01, 2015, three men armed with firearms held up a police escort and the driver of a General Post Office motor vehicle, who were in the vehicle outside of the Post Office in Regent Street, Bourda, while in the process of delivering monies to the Post Office.
The perpetrators took away the policeman’s service G3 Rifle with 20 rounds and then entered the vehicle and forced the driver to drive away, with the police rank inside.
The men abandoned the vehicle along Cemetery Road, Georgetown, and took away $90M that was in the vehicle and escaped, along with the policeman’s firearm.
Investigations are in progress.
