A man was yesterday robbed of $8,030,000, one silver-grey car and a Samsung A20 cellular phone valued at $40,000 while uplifting sales monies.
A police report informed that Kevin Gildharie, 26, of La Bonne Intention Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara was relieved of the above mentioned items in the vicinity of Mon Repos Pasture, East Coast Demerara.
According to the report, at about 16:30 hours, Gildharie was at Mon Repos and had parked his vehicle on the road when he noticed an unidentified masked male approaching him. The man proceeded to grab hold of Gildharie who tried to free himself from the suspected bandit and was hit in the neck with a hand gun causing him to suffer injuries.
The suspect then drove off with the car and cash.
Stabroek News has been informed that a suspect is presently in police custody assisting with the investigation.
