Two suspected bandits were held by police yesterday afternoon shortly after a brazen robbery on Elite Mobile, a cellphone store on Parade Street, near police headquarters at Kingston.
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum told Stabroek News yesterday that it was the swift action by Criminal Investigation Department (CID) ranks which led to the capture of the two suspected bandits. However, an accomplice escaped on foot.
Blanhum said that around 2:30pm there was an armed robbery at the cellphone store, during which a