Cotton Tree businessman robbed of $1M

Police on the East Coast are searching for two men who escaped with $1 million belonging to a Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice businessman just after 1.30 pm on Thursday.

Altabh Khan, 34, told Stabroek News that the money along with a cheque book and other business documents were in a backpack in a Canter truck, GPP 1888, that he had left parked along the Montrose Public Road.

He left home that morning to purchase stocks for his shop but “did not get through” and was returning home when he