An Albion, Corentyne businesswoman was yesterday robbed of $18.5 million in the vicinity of Republic Bank in Rose Hall, Corentyne, as she was on her way to deposit it.
Four persons have since been held.
The attack occurred around 10 am as the businesswoman, Nalini Mangali, of Albion Front, Corentyne, and a female worker were heading to the bank with a bag containing the money.
After they arrived at the entrance to the bank, an unidentified man armed with a handgun approached them and ordered the female worker to lie on the ground and he then grabbed the bag containing the cash, and escaped.
Persons within the area told Stabroek News that the perpetrator escaped on a motorcycle that was being ridden by another male, who was waiting for him a short distance away from the bank.
Police quickly arrived at the scene following the robbery and began searching the area for the robbers.
Mangali’s husband co-owns a business at the Albion Front location, and they have been the victims of numerous robberies in the past.
In 2014, one of the owners was on his way to make a deposit at the same bank when he was robbed of $10 million in cash by two men on a motorcycle. The bandits had discharged a number of rounds during that attack.
In 2016, one of the owners was on his way to deposit $2 million in cash at the same bank when he was robbed by a man armed with a gun and who then escaped on a waiting motorcycle.
