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Bandits hit Cell Point on New Year’s Day
A city businessman was yesterday counting his losses after brazen burglars broke into his Cell Point store on Regent Road, Bourda shortly after 5:00 hours on New Year’s Day and escaped with an undisclosed quantity of articles and the Old Year’s Day sales said to be some $1.8 million.
One of the shattered glass cases
The bandits, despite the presence of the next door City Constabulary, escaped with a large quantity of cellular phones, artificial jewelry, MP3 players, one flat screen television, brand name watches and just about anything of value that remained in the store.
Kaieteur News was told that one man was caught inside the building hiding in the ceiling. He is in police custody.
Proprietor Davenand Singh said that he was at home welcoming the New Year when he received a call from MMC Security Service informing him about the robbery. It was shortly before 7:00 hours
A frustrated Singh said that Tuesday’s incident was the third time bandits stormed his property but it was the first time he had lost so much.
The businessman, who up to press time yesterday could not put a figure to his losses, said that the robbery was a major setback for him.
Kaieteur News understands that the bandits gained entry into the business by wrenching open the shutter at the front of the building and smashed the glass door. They then crawled through the opening and once inside they smashed almost all the glass cases which contained the valuable items.
Singh said that he is now thinking about suing the security service which he has been paying every month to protect his property.
According to Singh, when the bandits entered his business, the alarm immediately went off but the security service called him at 06:53 am and this was only after the City Constabulary learnt about the incident and called the security service.
“When those men enter my place the motion detector would have sensed them and the signal would have gone off in the area and MMC would have also get the signal,” Singh said.
Kaieteur News was told that constables heard when the glass cases shattered but they thought it was squibs.
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