Armed robberies up 5% in first quarter

Figure One: The bar graph above illustrates the number of armed robberies reported by police in each of their divisions for the first quarter of 2011 (January 1 to March 31).

Guyana Police Force (GPF) records indicate that there has been at least a 5 percent increase in armed robberies during the first quarter of 2011, a senior police source reported.

The source said that when compared to the same period in last year the number of armed robberies reported to police from January 1 to March 31 has “without a doubt” seen an increase.

“At the beginning of the year we usually see an increase in armed robberies and then it usually slows down during