In what appears to be an inside job, eight businessmen were yesterday robbed of millions by four gunmen at a birthday party at LBI.
A Guyana Police Force (GPF) statement said that the robbery occurred at 1.30 am yesterday at Fourth Street, La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast Demerara (ECD).
Three suspects have been arrested thus far.
The victims were robbed of 5 cellphones, 2 laptops, 3 gold rings, and 3 gold chains worth millions, in addition to one black bag and an undisclosed amount of cash.
The businessmen were identified as 36-year-old Michael Kunjbehari of Fourth Street, Turkeyen, Georgetown; Robin Satrohan, 32, of Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown; Ryan Jahurali, 30, of Great Diamond, East Bank Demerara; 36-year-old Everton Singh-Lammy of Kitty; John Ali of Prashad Nagar; Mario Joseph, 31, of Well Road, Ogle, East Coast Demerara; 27-year-old Ramsammy (only name given), a Canadian citizen, and Anthony Joseph, 32, of Fourth Street, Alexander Village, Ruimveldt, Georgetown.
According to the GPF, enquiries disclosed that the businessmen, along with five other friends were at Fourth Street, LBI, celebrating a birthday.
Subsequently, four males, armed with guns, entered the house through an unlocked backdoor, and relieved the victims of the above-mentioned articles and a large amount of cash. They then escaped in a waiting car.
The matter was then reported to the police and the scene was visited where it was photographed and the area was canvassed for CCTV cameras.
One of the victims tracked his phone to an abandoned house in Plum Park, Sophia, Georgetown, where a red Digicel bag was found containing the two laptops, three cellphones and an ID card.
The bag was then taken to the Beterverwagting Police Station where it was also photographed and dusted for fingerprints.
Ranks from the Vigilance Police Station acting on information received, then went to a house in North Melanie, ECD, at about 6 am yesterday, where three suspects were apprehended and taken to the Beterverwagting police station and placed into custody.
They were then identified by the businessmen as the perpetrators. Investigators would want to know how the raiders were aware of the party.
One of the victims, Singh-Lammy, told Stabroek News that at the time of the robbery, they were at the bottom flat of a building when four men with guns barged into the house and relieved them of their personal items.
“Well we were at a party and eventually four men with guns came into the building and robbed us.”
Singh-Lammy also noted that one of the perpetrators was not masked, while the others were partially masked.
“One of them wasn’t masked and the other three were partially masked.”
Regional Commander, Senior Superintendent Khalil Pareshram disclosed that as of last evening, the fourth suspect had not yet been apprehended and that further investigations are being carried out.
Director of the GPF’s Corporate Communications Unit, Mark Ramotar, told this newspaper that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) was investigating the matter since some of the information received is yet to be clarified.
