Gun-toting bandits yesterday carted off approximately $200,000 in cash from the Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara Post Office after holding the postmistress at gunpoint.
According to the police, postmistress Grace Gibson was alone at the post office around 2.05 pm and got up to attend to the men. While at the counter, she noticed one of the bandits had a gun pointing towards her as he demanded she open the inner door which is secured with a bolt and padlock. It was then that a second bandit, also armed with a gun, entered and waited for her to open the door. The bandits, she told police, were dressed in camouflage clothing.