As the probe into last week’s multi-million dollar robbery at gold trader Wallison Enterprise widens, investigators have recovered evidence at the Sophia home of one of the suspects.
Sunday Stabroek was reliably informed that information revealed that the bandits went the Sophia home of one of the suspects following the robbery, where it is believed that they split the loot.
This newspaper was told that evidential material was left behind and recovered by the police who searched the suspect’s home. The suspect, who sources say was employed by a well-known gold miner, is yet to be apprehended.
It is unclear what the recovered items are but this newspaper was told that one of the items is linked to Wallison Enterprise.
Two other suspects, including a security guard who worked at the business, remained in police custody up to last night.
The three bandits entered Wallison Enterprise at Lot 23 Gordon Street, Kitty, Georgetown around 10.05 am last Thursday.
The men, who posed as customers, escaped with $38 million in cash, 60 ounces of raw gold valued $20 million and 2 cellular phones valued $360,000.
Police said the men entered the compound under the pretext that they were going to sell gold. The bandits wore masks and hats to hide their identities. They arrived at the scene in a white car, which they parked north of the building. They entered the compound through the main entrance.
Once inside the building, they held two employees, a 20-year-old female cashier and a 45-year-old goldsmith, at gunpoint and ordered them to the safe which contained the valuables.
According to the police, the men had told the cashier that they had gold to sell.
However, the bandits whipped out firearms and held her at gunpoint.
They ordered her into an office where the cash and gold were secured, the police said. “At the time the other victim and another man were in the said office and they were held at gun point,” the police report noted.
The police further stated that the suspects then ordered the victims to open two metal safes after which they handcuffed them with plastic straps. “They then took away the victims’ phones, monies and gold mentioned after which they locked the victims into one of the office and made good their escape,” the police said.
The cashier raised an alarm, after which the security guard immediately went to her rescue and kicked open the office door.
