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Police arrest gang that robbed gas station, elderly woman on East Coast

Jun 24, 2012 News

 

– gun recovered

Quick action by ranks of the Vigilance and Cove and John Police Stations on Friday afternoon led to the capture of four suspects who are responsible for two robberies which took place along East Coast Demerara (ECD) during the past two weeks.
Reports are that the young men staged a robbery at Mon Repos Village, East Coast Demerara, where a woman was stabbed several times about her body on June 16, last.
The young men also allegedly robbed the Chico Ramas Service Station at Coldingen, East Coast Demerara on June 19, last.
The quartet was caught on the gas station’s security cameras and after viewing the tapes police investigators were able to get fair descriptions of the young men.
Kaieteur News understands that the police decided to stake out one of the bandit’s residence and monitor his movements.
When he began behaving in a suspicious manner the ranks moved in and the young man’s disposition instantly gave him away.
He was questioned and admitted to the police officers that he was involved in the crimes.
He also provided the ranks with information that led to the arrest of his three accomplices.
After a few hours the police, with the assistance of the Community Policing Group (CPG), were able to apprehend all four male suspects.
They also recovered a gun at one of their homes where a female was present. She is also in police custody at the Beterverwagting Police Station, East Coast Demerara.
Shortly after their capture, the young men admitted to both robberies and are said to be cooperating with the police.
Kaieteur News also understands that two of the men hail from Annandale while the other two are from Buxton.
One of the culprits was identified as Neville Williams, an ex convict who was shot at the New Amsterdam Prison, Berbice, after he tried to escape during a “jailbreak” there.
He is known for staging robberies and was previously also arrested for piracy.
On June 16, last, 63-year-old Chitranti Narine, who resides alone, was relieved of her gold earrings, two rings and her two bangles.
The woman’s daughter, Babita Narine, had told Kaieteur News that she had just returned home after visiting her mother, who resides next door when one of her cousins called and informed her “that a man with a big gun was standing on the road, in front my mother and she say that she calling my mother phone but it ringing out.”
Narine said she went over to her mother’s and shouted but got no response.
“I start banging on the door and then Trevor (a relative) open the door and run out with blood all over he face and then a man come and hold his gun to my chest and tell me to shut my mouth.”
She claimed that the men then escaped but fired one shot before they left.
“I run to my mother and I see a hole in her chest and blood pouring out and I collect a towel and put it to her chest and we rush her to GPHC,” the daughter said.
The woman sustained stab wounds to her back, abdomen, chest and hands. The daughter claimed that her mother’s palm was split in two.
Meanwhile the gang of youths carrying shotguns stormed the Chico Ramas Service Station on June 19, around 03:00 hrs.
They held up two pump attendants at the service station and relieved them of the cash, jewellery and cellular phones that they had in their possession.
The owner of the facility, Chris Ramas, told this newspaper that three armed men raided his business and threatened his two female pump attendants.
Footage from surveillance cameras on the building showed three young men, wearing masks, moving around the premises.
One of them was shown carrying what appeared to be a gun.
“One had a pistol grip shotgun. They told the girls to shut their mouths, threatening to harm them,” the businessman said, adding that the entire ordeal took merely three minutes.
He said that after the men left, the employees contacted him, but by then there was nothing much he could do but call the police. (Kristen Macklingam)

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