– cops report breakthroughs in recent robberies
Two raids conducted yesterday by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on two East Coast houses seems to have led police to major breakthroughs in two recent robberies which they were investigating. Three arrests were made.
According to a police press release, a man and a woman have been arrested in connection with property that was taken during the robbery committed on Magistrate Nigel Hawke last month and a man was arrested in connection with an armed robbery which occurred on Thursday at Enmore.
At midday yesterday, police officers conducted a search on a house at Haslington, East Coast Demerara (ECD), where they found an AK-47 rifle with eight matching rounds and a .32 Taurus revolver. The police also seized a cell phone, five watches, a pair of cycling gloves and three bicycles that are suspected to have been stolen.
“The cell phone, cycling gloves and one of the bicycles have been identified as being the property of the victims of an armed robbery at Enmore North, East Coast Demerara, last Thursday,” the release said. One man was arrested and is in police custody assisting with the investigations.
Afterwards, the police conducted a second search on a house at Beterverwagting, ECD, where a lap top computer was recovered. The lap top has been identified as the property of Magistrate Hawke who was the victim of an armed robbery at his home at Non Pariel, ECD, on April 20. A man and a woman were arrested and are in police custody.
Magistrate Hawke was tied, gagged and left on his bathroom floor as a robber armed with an AK-47 reigned terror in his Non Pareil home for approximately 45 minutes.
As the magistrate struggled to free his hands tightly bound behind his back, the bandit escorted his wife, attorney-at-law Donelle Hawke, around their home in search of cash, jewellery and other valuables.
In a press release following the incident, police said the robbery occurred around 12.30 am at Section ‘B’, Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara. Magistrate Hawke and his wife were attacked and robbed by a man armed with a firearm.
Investigations, according to the police, revealed that the victims were at home when they were confronted by the attacker who had managed to gain entry to the building. The armed man carted off a laptop, a digital camera, two cell phones, a quantity of jewellery worth about $350,000 and $15,000 cash.
These dangerous Ak-47 Bandits have been roaming the East Coast of Demerara,and terrorising residents,for too long.If only the Police can intensify their investigations,they should be able to recover more weapons.These young,strong,and healthy men,who call themselves”FREEDOM FIGHTERS”,should be vigorously persued,and dealt with expeditously.They are a curse to the
society.Good Police work.
good work by the guyana police force no one got killed, now
the police can grill those capture for more information into
others robberies.
bush t why every person (bandit)the police capture is a
freedom fighter, is this your personal opinion?
bush t. let me educate you what a freedom fighter is,
a person who battles against established forces of
TYRANNY and DICTATORSHIP, so stop labeling these
criminals as such, if they were freedom fighters in
guyana the ppp led dictators would not be around today
to trample on guyanese rights..
Turbo,you may know the definition of a FREEDOM FIGHTER but what happen the FREEDUMB FIGHTERS,
turbo
dont bury your head in the sand…they were called freedom fighters in Guyana..but those freedumd fighters only kill a govt minister and his family and some police officers…all the rest those freedumb fighters killed were innocent people..yuh right..fredumb fighters dont kill rape and robb innocent citizens…its their leaders call and labelled dem {{{FREEDOM FIGHTERS}}} not t bush not you not me…
Turbo you are only stiffeling your conscione,your so called FREEDUMB fighters weren’t educated enough to know the meaning of the word.You should have educated them before.They had one motive and that was to use the weapon of choice (an AK)to terrorise,slaughter and robb ppl,they were more like domestic terrorists.That is why most of them are smelling daisy by the root today.
GOOD JOB GPF `THATS ONE AK_-47 OFF THE STREETS ,KEEP IT UP.
….and about those that remain in many homes on some east coast villages??
police should get to the root of the ak47
Thank you Turbo,but the reason for stealing those Ak-47’s was to do just what you suggested,They failed,and some were elimated.Respect for your views,but this “Choke and Rob” army must be dealt with.Thanks for your education.You are well informed.
bush t i think you drinking too much of that BUSH T. it’s
confusing you your are talking garbage…
Some people just don’t understand irony.
Shelly,the Police knew who stole these weapons.Some of these Bandits were eliminated.It is rumoured that some of these weopons are buried on the East Coast of Demerara,It is only a matter of time,before the rest are recovered.
yes they are buried in lusignan bush t.
Put those arrested infront of Mr Hawke.
I totally agree with you dinks77.
dinks77
wont we all love to be witness to that???I tell ya….I would…but dem banas whom represents criminals will cry conflict of interest…ehehehehehe…
Well done Evil Eyes,I hope Turbo learns,from your explanation.Respect!.In future,I will refer to them as”Choir Boys”.Easy Lesson good fuh dunce.Amen.
OR A FIRING SQUAD.
amen-ra
should these get a three year sentence too????