Latest update March 21st, 2025 7:03 AM
Latest News
Woman robbed after bank withdrawal
Minutes after withdrawing cash from a city bank yesterday, a woman was trailed to a pharmacy located at Robb Street, Georgetown, where a gunman snatched her bag containing money, documents and other valuables before making good his escape with an accomplice on a motorcycle.
A nearby surveillance camera shows the bandit hopping onto a motorcycle after he had taken the victim’s bag
According to eyewitnesses, the terrified woman who fought back by holding onto her bag, quickly released after the bandit fired a shot at the ground. She then sprinted out of the pharmacy. The bandit while running replaced his handgun into the waist of his pants, before hopping onto a waiting motorcycle parked several feet away.
Police visited the scene and retrieved the warhead, while the petrified woman visited Brickdam Police Station where she gave a statement.
Reports are that the bandits escaped with $180,000. The incident occurred shortly after midday yesterday.
Similar Articles
THE BLUNT OF THE DAY
Sports
Features/Columnists
“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”
Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more
If Guyana’s President Ali is the “Zelensky of the Caribbean”, who is the Putin?
Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the US and the OAS, Ronald Sanders By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News- In the latest... more
Weekend Cartoon
