Security will be reviewed at post offices countrywide, following break-ins at several such facilities, including a $5.7M heist at the Beterverwagting Post Office on Tuesday.
Chairman of the Board of the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) Juan Edghill yesterday admitted to lapses in security and said internal investigations have been launched and action will be taken against those culpable. The BV heist is the biggest ever experienced by the GPOC and police said the perpetrators have not been caught.
Unknown persons escaped with over $5.7M and $29 in stamps after torching a safe at the Beterverwagting post office. The incident followed a break in at the Clonbrook Post Office, also located on the East Coast of Demerara, over the weekend, where attempts were also made to torch a safe. The perpetrators left empty handed. No security officers were in place at the two buildings.
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