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Gunmen relieve stallholder of firearm and $1.3M

Aug 20, 2012 News

 

 

A Vigilance North, East Coast Demerara couple was last evening held at gunpoint and robbed of $1.3M and four cellular phones just in front of their home.
This was after they had relieved the male of his licensed firearm.
According to a police press statement subsequently issued, the 47-year-old businessman Albadar and his reputed wife Reshma Bisnauth were robbed just as they exited their vehicle in front of their home at around 19:00hrs.
Albadar’s son told this newspaper that while he was not present during the robbery, his father, a Stabroek Market stallholder, did give him a detailed account of what occurred.
He explained that when his father and stepmother arrived home, the two men were in front of their house, pretending as though they were trying to woo his neighbour.
The couple paid little attention to the men.
However when they exited the minibus with their belongings, the two men, both of whom were armed with handguns, confronted them and demanded cash.
The robbers must have known that Albadar carried a weapon for they immediately stripped him of his .32 pistol before relieving the couple of the four cell phones they had in their possession.
“One man was pointing the gun to my father head and the other one had his gun to my stepmother when they de asking for money,” the businessman’s son said.
He added that “the man who had his hand to my father was trembling, and the one sticking up my stepmother was telling him to hit my father, but he didn’t.”
The robbers, after snatching the bag containing the cash from Albadar, escaped on foot.
Albadar’s son is of the opinion that the men just wanted the money, and did not go there to harm his family.
The matter was reported to the police who said that they have launched an investigation.

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