Two men armed with handguns on Tuesday morning hijacked a Canefield Settlement, East Canje, Berbice hire car driver after which they robbed him and his passengers of close to $1M.
According to information gathered, the driver, 49, of East Canefield Settlement, East Canje Berbice had collected a sum of $700,000 from the owner of a Superbet in Canje to transport to Georgetown.
He was reportedly heading out of the street after collecting the money with two passengers, a 54-year- old female vendor of Cumberland and a 43-year-old woman of Reliance Village, when the two bandits hijacked the car.