Gun-toting ‘passengers' rob driver

Gunmen struck on the East Bank of Demerara for the third time in five days, this time robbing a 31-year-old hire car driver at Grove, East Bank Demerara. Sookraj Rambarran, the victim, was relieved of $4,000 by three passengers who he had picked up at around 20:35 hrs on Saturday.

The gunmen also relieved a fourth passenger, Doodnauth Ramkellowan, of $10,000.

Kaieteur News understands that Rambarran first picked up Ramkellowan. Later, three other men entered his vehicle and requested that they be taken to Diamond Scheme.

However, when they reached Grove Housing Scheme, one of the men pressed a handgun to the driver's head and ordered him to stop.

The man and his other accomplices then relieved Rambarran and Ramkellowan of their valuables before fleeing on foot.

On Friday, five bandits, armed with guns and an icepack, fled with $70,000, US$30, one cellular phone, one wrist watch, $200,000 worth of jewellery and two bicycles after breaking into a Block X, Diamond Housing Scheme residence and tying up some of the occupants.

Police have since detained a 19-year-old Jamaican national, who was positively identified as one of the robbers.

On Tuesday, bandits, who were also armed with handguns and an icepack, stabbed businessman Arjune Jagir in the upper chest and struck his wife with a hammer after breaking into their home at Lot 7 Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara.

The men escaped with an estimated half million dollars in jewellery, cash and goods.