Bandits take Black Bush couple hostage after raiding home

The house where the robbery occurred

A Black Bush Polder couple was held hostage last Monday by a gang of would-be kidnappers who robbed them of over $1M in jewellery, cash and other valuables during a two-hour raid of their home.

Bibi Nafeema Hamid, 26, and Navindra Roopnarine, 36, a rice farmer, of Lot 187 South Mibicuri, were eventually left in their disabled car by the men, who were unable to contact the couple’s relations to demand a ransom.

According to Hamid, who is a mother of three, her family’s ordeal began at approximately 7:55 PM when Roopnarine, her common-law husband, returned home.

She said she heard him call but his voice sounded strange and when she