Bandit caught after knife-point stick-up

It was high drama last evening on Robb Street when one of two men who allegedly robbed a pharmacy worker at knife-point took the wrong route for his escape and ended up being caught.

Marlon Roopnarine told Stabroek News that he and his girlfriend were walking to get a bus when a man pushed her in the corner while the other held him at knife-point.

“He say only talk I’ll juk you. I just tek the bag and knock he hand away but then is when he grab the band,” Roopnarine said, while showing a small scratch he sustained from the altercation.

“I holla thief and they turn back fo juk me up and I run meet the road head,