Latest update November 29th, 2024 1:00 AM
More detained in Canje robbery probe
EAST CANEFIELD, CANJE – As the probe intensifies into Friday’s double robbery in East Canje, the police detained two more persons, taking the total to three.
Word from police in Berbice is that the suspects are known characters from the East Canje area. So far, none of the loot has been recovered.
Shortly after midnight on Friday, three masked, armed men broke into the home of 40-year old Nanwattie Ganyah at Lot 897 East Canefield, New Area in East Canje.
Nanwattie Ganyah
The woman said the intruders carried a cutlass and a shot gun and were clad in dark clothing.
She and her two daughters, 19-year-old Devanie Ganyah and Varsha Ganyah, 14, were terrorised and robbed of jewellery, which was stored in bag under a bed, and an undisclosed sum of money.
As the bandits fled the scene, they fired a shot on the road but no one sustained any injuries. Police subsequently recovered a 12 gauge spent shell from the scene.
Not long after, another family member, a short distance away, suffered a similar fate.
About 02:30 hours at 122 Girls’ Club Fourth Cross Street, East Canefield, a 64-year-old pensioner, Jagnarine Mangru was attacked by three men fitting the same description as those who attacked Ganyahi.
A gun shot rang out, hitting a fridge and gas cooker as the robbers forced their way into the home. Jagnarine Mangru was gun butted and suffered a wound to the head.
His son, Sakesh Jagnarine, a 39-year-old cane cutter, was relieved of $35,000, two gold chains, three gold rings and two gold bangles.
Sakesh’s wife, 28-year-old Sunita Hemraj was robbed of a quantity of gold jewellery.
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