Gunmen steal $30M in gold during ambush on miner

Gunmen on Thursday stole roughly $30M in raw gold when they ambushed a gold miner near his home at Craig, East Bank Demerara and two workers that had been accompanying him are now in police custody for questioning.

The police, in a statement, said the robbery occurred around 3.15pm on Thursday when Akeem Chase, 22, was driving along Second Street, Craig. Four men in another vehicle drove across the road and blocked his path.

Three of the men, who were armed with guns, exited and held up Chase and took away a