GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Nov 11, CMC – Guyana police Monday said that three robbery suspects have been arrested in neighbouring Brazil after they carried out a daring armed robbery at a Chinese owned shopping complex in the Lethem in Region Nine on Sunday afternoon.
Police said that the men, armed with a submachine gun and handguns, and dressed in dark clothing, the businessman of 21 new Xiaomi cellphones worth GUY$1.6 million (One Guyana dollar=US$0.04 cents) and GUY$500,000 in cash.
Following the robbery, the men escaped, but were spotted by the police near the Guyana- Brazil border.
“On seeing the police vehicle, the three suspects discharged several rounds…The police returned fire but the suspects managed to elude them. The police vehicle was hit four times but no one was injured,” the police said in a statement.
They said subsequently, a joint services team was formed and the three suspects were arrested and are in custody in Brazil. It did not indicate whether the suspects were Brazilians or Guyanese nationals.
Last weekend in the South Rupununi area, a Brazilian gang attacked a check point for mine workers, abducted nine people, using them as hostages during their escape. Those abducted were eventually released.
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