Second man charged over $17M burglary

A second man was yesterday charged with stealing over $17 million in weapons, jewellery and foreign currency during a burglary.

Fayad Amin, of Meadowbank, was placed on $250,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty to a charge of break and enter and larceny when he appeared in a Georgetown court.

It is alleged that Amin, 27, between July 2nd and July 4th, 2015, at Relief, East Bank Demerara, broke and entered the house of James Samuels and stole a 9 mm Glock pistol, 14 9 mm rounds, a 12-gauge shotgun, 58 cartridges, a Smith and Wesson .233 pistol, 20 .233 rounds, a quantity of