Police on Monday recovered a motor car which was stolen more than one week ago during an armed robbery committed on taxi driver Shameer Shafeek with almost all of its parts stripped.
Shafeek, a resident of Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) yesterday told Stabroek News that the motor car; a fielder wagon, bearing registration number HC 7893 was recovered by the police on Monday at St. Cuthbert’s Mission.
“Monday we get information from the police in Leonora that the police them in St. Cuthbert’s Mission discovered this car in deh,” Shafeek said.
He explained that checks made by the police confirmed that the car was his. “…So them (police) confirm and them thing and Tuesday we go and uplift this car,” Shafeek added.
Stabroek News had reported that Shafeek who works as a taxi driver at a taxi service at Tuschen, EBE was also robbed of jewellery and two cellphones in the attack, which occurred around 9.45pm on March 22nd.
Shafeek had explained to this newspaper that he was at the base when three persons; two men and a woman, exited a car and requested a taxi to take them to Ruby. Upon arrival, he said he was held at gunpoint and relieved of his valuables. The trio made good their escape in the car.
“…When we reach by Ruby, them seh fah go through some street and stop by a house and when I stop at the house dah is when they pull gun to meh head and one come out, pull me out the car, [and] put meh fah lay down. They tek out meh jewellery them and thing, meh phone them and they just jump in the car and drive away with the car,” he had explained.
Following the incident, Shafeek said he ran to a nearby house where he contacted his family and the taxi service and informed them of what had transpired.
The matter was reported to the police.
