-identified by victim
-handcuffs used in raid
A police constable is one of three men held for a robbery at Crabwood Creek, Corentyne on Wednesday during which a businessman was handcuffed and relieved of $500, 000 in cash and jewellery.
According to the police, the rank who is stationed in Berbice was held at a roadblock set up after the incident and he has since been positively identified by the victim, Ramesh Kalicharran, as one of the persons involved in the robbery.
A police press release issued yesterday stated that they are investigating the robbery which occurred around 2000 hours at Grant 1805, Crabwood Creek during which Kalicharran, 53 years, was robbed by two men. Investigations revealed that Kalicharran was in the shop when the two men entered under the pretext of purchasing aerated drinks. As the businessman was in the process of handing them the drinks, the men held on to his hands and one of them placed a pair of handcuffs on him.
The release stated that the men then demanded cash and jewellery and the victim handed over his personal jewellery valued at $100,000 along with $400,000 cash after which they escaped.
The police responded quickly to the report and acting on information received stopped a motor car with two men, one of whom is a police constable stationed in Berbice, at a roadblock that had been established at the No.76 Village Public Road, Corentyne.
They were arrested and taken to the Springlands Police Station along with the motor vehicle where “the police constable was identified by the victim as being one of the men who had robbed him”.
Further enquiries led to a third suspect being arrested. The three men, including the police rank, are in custody assisting with the investigations.
