An armed robbery suspect was yesterday found in a suitcase under his parents’ bed at Kuru Kururu and a further search found a camouflage bulletproof vest.
In a statement last night, the police said that acting on information received a party of police ranks conducted a cordon and search exercise at Kuru Kururu Village, Soesdyke/Linden Highway between Wednesday night and yesterday morning and several houses were searched for suspects involved in a spate of robberies which occurred between 2022-08-20 to 2022-08-23.
At the home of one of the suspects at Kuru Kururu sandpit, one Guyana Defence Force (GDF) camouflage shirt was found in a haversack and when asked the suspect claimed that he got if from a relative.
The suspect was also fingered as one of the perpetrators who committed a robbery on Tenesha Fordyce which occurred at Hillfoot, Soesdyke on 2022-08-22.
The suspect subsequently led the ranks to the home of a 26-year-old labourer also of Kuru Kururu, who was found hiding in a suitcase under his parents’ bed.
A search was conducted on the said premises and one camouflage bullet proof vest containing an armoured plate was found in his bedroom.
Based on the description given to the police, the 26-year-old labourer is suspected to be the person who hired the driver of motor car #HD 514, a Green Ice taxi, from Georgetown to Soesdyke and then robbed him.
He is also suspected to be the accomplice in Fordyce’s robbery.
Investigations are ongoing.
