Bandits grab $90M

The Bourda Post Office

By Dhanash Ramroop

Bandits yesterday pulled off a daring daylight robbery outside the Bourda Post Office in Regent Street escaping with some $90 million in pension and other public assistance, reportedly destined for other post offices and abducting a policeman in the process.

According to a police press release, the incident occurred around 8.15 am yesterday. The police said that three men with firearms held up a police escort and the driver of the post office bus on Regent Street, Bourda. The perpetrators took away the policeman’s G3 rifle with 20 rounds, then entered the vehicle and forced the driver to drive away, with the policeman. The men abandoned the vehicle along Cemetery Road, George-town, escaping with the $90 million along with the policeman’s firearm. Investigations are in progress, the release said.

Contacted yesterday officials from the Guyana Post Office Corporation refused to comment, saying