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Venezuelan gang nabbed following Cuyuni robbery spree
Army and police ranks have nabbed a gang of Venezuelans suspected of robbing five of their countrymen and a Guyanese in the Cuyuni area at around 10:00 hrs on Wednesday.
A police release said that Guyanese national Mohan Lall, 45, of Hampton Court, Essequibo, along with Venezuelan Nationals Hector Benjamin Marine, 38; Frank Lopez, 47; Raquel Lopez, 27; Marian Salazar, 33 and Yenna Hernandez, 32, were in the Wenamu River, Cuyuni, when they were held up by five men who were reported to be Venezuelan nationals and who were armed with a shotgun, knives and cutlasses.
The gang tied up the victims and relieved them of 13 ounces of raw gold, US$1,000, a cell phone and imitation jewellery before escaping.
Police ranks and army personnel based at Eteringbang responded quickly to the report and managed to arrest the five suspects and recover a 12-gauge Winchester shotgun with four cartridges, a quantity of raw gold and some imitation jewellery.
Kaieteur News understands that the suspects have been brought to the city and are being questioned at Police Headquarters, Eve Leary.
A team of police ranks have also travelled to Cuyuni to conduct further investigations.
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