Armed bandits targeted gas stations over the weekend, robbing one on the West Bank of Demerara of a large sum of cash on Saturday and another on Sheriff Street in Georgetown early yesterday morning of cash and gasoline.

According to a statement by the police around 11.50 on Saturday night three men, one armed with a gun robbed the J&R Petrol Station at Nismes, West Bank Demerara of an undisclosed sum of cash and a quantity of phone cards.

The police said that the bandits walked into the compound and held up the pump attendant, Adyta Singh, assaulted him and then ordered him to lie on the ground. The pump attendant was then robbed of a large sum of cash. Anil Singh another employee who was at the time in the station, was robbed of a quantity of phone cards. The bandits then fled the scene.

Then around 4 am yesterday, three bandits, again all armed with guns, robbed the Guyana Oil Company (Guyoil) of $26,145 and a quantity of gasoline. Police said that the robbers drove into the gas station on Sheriff Street and ordered the pump attendant, Claude King, to fill the car’s tank with fuel. After completing this, the bandits robbed King of cash and drove away. The police said they were investigating both incidents.