Suspected carjacker escapes from police station

Swift action by the owner of a taxi service at Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo, helped to foil a carjacking on Thursday night and led to the arrest of a few suspects, one of whom subsequently escaped from the Leonora Police Station.

The owner of the service, who did not wish to be named, said he decided to follow a car that was hired by a man who had visited the base.

According to the owner, who was also a victim of a carjacking a few weeks ago, he followed after the driver turned into a street at Tuschen, where he found four men around the car. As he got closer, the