Businessman, US-based couple robbed at Pouderoyen after arrival from airport

A businessman of Pou-deroyen, West Bank Demerara was robbed at around 3 am yesterday of his motor car while a US-based couple who are here to conduct charity work lost their suitcases and US$8,000.

Rabindranauth Sukha, 58, had just picked up his brother, Balram Singh, 63, and his wife, Indira Singh from the airport when the two armed bandits pounced on them. Another bandit was waiting nearby in a Toyota Allion motorcar.

Sukha told Stabroek News that the bandits also stripped him of $15,000 and his cell phone while the couple was also robbed of their phones and travel documents.

He related that he had just turned onto his bridge and was about to open the car door when the bandits held him at gunpoint.

They ordered the others out of the car and placed them to lie face down on the ground. The bandits also compelled them to hand over valuables.

 Sukha’s house and businessplace
Sukha’s house and businessplace

They then drove away in the $3.3M gold-coloured Toyota Premio motorcar, PPP 1862 that contained six suitcases.

Sukha said sadly that the suitcases contained mostly items that the couple intended to distribute for charity. He lamented that they were not the only ones who were robbed, but the needy persons as well.

He recalled that after the bandits left he dialled 911 and the call went to the Leonora Police Station. He was pleased with the response from the police who arrived “fairly fast.”

He also said that while he was on the phone the police were deploying ranks to the scene.

The officers also contacted the Demerara Harbour Bridge and the La Grange and Vreed-en-Hoop stations while roadblocks were also set up.

So far the police have come up empty-handed.