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Gunmen rob Mon Repos jeweller
Gunmen escaped with an undisclosed sum of gold and diamond jewellery around 16:00 hrs yesterday after holding up a stall owner at the Mon Repos Market, East Coast Demerara.
Businessman Bissoon Pulchan in his stall shortly after the robbery yesterday.
Owner of the jewellery establishment, Bissoon Pulchan, told this publication that he and a female employee had just finished attending to a customer when the two robbers attacked. Pulchan said one of the men was carrying a gun and first fired a shot, clearing the way for his accomplice to enter the stall.
“After the man fire the shot the other one take off he helmet and start grabbing things out the glass case and then he run away and then the one with the gun come in crank he gun and then grab some more stuff and run away.”
Pulchan said he was told that the men fled on a motorcycle. The frustrated man said that he is thankful that no one was injured.
“After he shoot I pull in the corner and it (the bullet) pass through a book and go in a wall in a lady stand. Is a good thing the lady ain’t went in she stand.”
Police visited the scene but this publication was told that the ranks were unable to uplift any fingerprints from the scene as the robbers were wearing gloves.
The businessman said that this is not the first time he has been attacked by gunmen and he is concerned about his safety.
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