Two gunmen posing as customers walked into Sandy’s Funeral Home on Chapel Street, Lodge yesterday and robbed an employee of $300,000 cash before escaping on waiting motorcycles.
At the time of the incident the employee, who prefers to be unnamed, was in the office filling out some paperwork for two customers who were seated in front of her. Her co-worker was in another room.
Police arrived within minutes of the attack which is the first of its kind to hit the business but by then the gun-toting bandits were nowhere to be seen.
When Stabroek News arrived at the Funeral Home, persons were gathered both outside the building and in the office discussing the incident.
This newspaper was informed that no security guard was on duty at the time.
The employee, who the gunmen had made their target, told this newspaper that in the eight years that she had been with the business it had never been the victim of an armed robbery.
She recounted that around 2:30 pm she was filling out some paperwork for two customers when the men came up and she heard a voice say “No noise, give me what you have. I thought that they were just making fun.”
The employee who was still visibly shaken said that the men got away with her handbag which contained $40,000 and $260,000 which was in the desk drawer.
She said, however, large amounts of money are not kept in the office.
The woman said that the men wore no masks and as they ran down the stairway leading out of the building she followed them.
“I was in so much fear, I didn’t know what to do,” adding that the ordeal was over in the blink of an eye.
She said after the men rode away an alarm was raised and the police came very promptly. The employee commended the police for their response and the way they carried out their investigations when they arrived.
