About 0230h. today, the police say that three men, all armed with firearms, entered the Shell Fuel Station at McDoom, Georgetown, and held up the security guard and three female employees and took away a total of $51,000.00 and a cell phone.
While the robbery was in progress the police were informed and responded. On arrival at the scene the ranks came under fire from the perpetrators and returned fire, the police say. The men managed to escape into the village after the exchange of gunfire.
Police ranks conducted searches in the area during which, acting on information received, they carried out a search on a house at McDoom in which they found an unlicensed 9mm Glock pistol with 35 matching rounds and twenty six (26) .32 rounds.
A man has been arrested and is in police custody assisting with the investigations.