A 24 year-old money changer of Rose Hall Town Corentyne, Berbice was on Saturday robbed by two identifiable men who relieved him of $70,000.
According to a olice report, the victim said that at about 08:00 hours on Saturday, he was on the Rose Hall Public Road conducting business as normal, when at about 09:36 hours he saw two identifiable men walking towards him. The shorter of the two men scrambled his jersey, took out a knife from the waist of his pants and demanded that he hand over all his money.
The victim said he put up a fight, after which the second suspect pulled out a gun from his waist and pointed it at him. The suspects then grabbed the cash and ran through a nearby street and made good their escape. A police rank, who was performing traffic duty at Rose Hall Town Public Road, heard persons shouting out robbery. He enquired from the persons on the road as to what had happened and at which they pointed out the two identifiable men. The rank approached the men and whilst doing so one of the suspects, who was holding what appeared to be a firearm, dropped it on the roadway and ran through a nearby street.
The suspected firearm was later examined and found to be a toy gun. Investigations are ongoing.
