Post office says $42M was taken in heist

The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) says it was robbed of $42M outside the Bourda Post Office by armed bandits on Wednesday and not $90m as the police had reported.

In a statement yesterday, the GPOC said that this robbery took place despite the presence of full contracted security personnel, GPOC staff   and a menu of infrastructural and external security reinforcements complementing the Corporation’s internal agents.

It said that measures that were implemented earlier this year, come at a