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Two more charged with GPOC $42M robbery
Police have charged two other men in connection with the recent multi-million dollar pension
Oliver Franklin
heist at the Bourda Post Office.
Simeon Evans and Oliver Franklin, who were both unrepresented, were remanded when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.
Particulars of the first charge stated that on April 1, while being armed with a gun, they robbed police rank Andre July of one G3 rifle and 20 rounds of 7.62 ammunition, property of the Guyana Police Force.
The second charge alleged that on the same day, at Regent Street, Evans and Franklin robbed Andre July of $42,522,000, property of the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC).
It was further alleged that on the same day at Regent Street, they robbed July of one cell phone valued $10,000.
The duo was also accused of robbing Darwin Hinds of one Pit Bull minibus valued $3.5M, while they were in the company of others and armed with a gun. The minibus is the property of the GPOC.
They were also charged with wrongfully restraining and abducting Andre July and Darwin Hinds on April 1, at Regent Street.
Another accused, Stravo Evans, of Lot 169 Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown, had appeared before Magistrate Faboya Azore on April 8 to answer to the same charges. He was also remanded.
According to Police Prosecutor, Corporal Bharrat Mangru, Evans, Franklin and four other men stormed a minibus which had brought cash to the Bourda Post Office.
One of the men placed a gun to the driver’s head while another relieved the police guard of his weapon.
Simeon Evans
While one of the bandits took possession of the vehicle, his accomplice forced the policeman into the back of the bus and they drove off with the cash inside.
Four others followed behind in a white car.
The bus stopped in Cemetery Road and the men in the white car pulled up alongside and cash was transferred from the bus.
The bandits then abandoned the bus with the two victims.
The matter was reported and based on diligent investigations; the suspects were arrested and charged.
The Prosecutor objected to bail citing the nature and penalty attached to the offences if the defendants should be found guilty. He also argued that a firearm was used to execute the robbery.
Simeon Evans and Franklin will make their next court appearance on May 6.
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