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Bandits grab millions from foreign diamond dealers
Police arriving outside the premises where the robbery took place.
Five armed bandits escaped with millions in cash and valuables in a daring daylight robbery, committed on two Belgian directors of a diamond dealership, the VN Gualodice Inc, a Brazilian diamond dealer, and the security guard of the entity, located at Zinnia Avenue, Bel Air Park.
The robbery occurred around 11:30 hours yesterday and police have so far made no arrest.
The victims declined to comment on the robbery, even denying that it had occurred, when this newspaper made enquiries after arriving on the scene.
But according to the police, who issued a press release on the incident, the bandits arrived in a motor car and were taken into the building by the security guard Christopher Mc Adam of Cedar Court, Lamaha Gardens, Georgetown, after they claimed that they were there to transact business.
After entering the building, the men pulled out firearms and held up Mc Adam along with the two Company Directors, Alain Freidman and Vico Cohen, and Brazilian diamond dealer Samuel Lina, who was there transacting business.
The four victims were tied up by the perpetrators who then ransacked the premises and took away a total of $4M in cash, a quantity of diamonds, three laptop computers, a satellite phone and three cell phones, before making good their escape.
A security guard nearby told this newspaper that he saw a car parked outside the diamond dealership with a man inside who was talking on a cellular phone.
He said that the man was on the phone for about two minutes and then he drove away.
However, the guard said that he was unaware that a robbery was taking place until an employee of the entity drove up and stopped outside the location he was guarding.
He said that he was surprised when the man told him that a robbery was taking place.
According to the guard, the man remained in his car for 20 minutes and then went to the scene of the robbery.
But the security guard said he did not see anyone leave the robbery scene.
Police arrived and took some information from the victims and then went in pursuit of the criminals.
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