Man, brother-in-law held for attempted robbery at Meadow Bank Wharf

Dec 14, 2015 News

Almost two weeks after a man was shot during a botched robbery at the Meadow Bank Wharf, a Tucville, Georgetown resident and his brother-in-law have been detained.
A senior police official confirmed this development and informed that the men were taken into custody Thursday night in South Ruimveldt.
Kaieteur News understands that eyewitnesses to the shooting which occurred on November 30 last, had identified one of the suspected bandits who shot Zhifa Lu during an attempted robbery at the wharf around 07:20 hrs.
Police were since looking for the individual for questioning.
On Thursday, ranks received information that the “wanted man” was seen in the South Ruimveldt area with an accomplice.
This newspaper was told that police went to the scene and apprehended the men while they were on the move.
There are reports that the prime suspect told ranks that he is a taxi driver and although his name had been called in a number of robberies before, he had nothing to do with the shooting of Lu, who had gone to the wharf to purchase fish.
The other individual reportedly told ranks that the prime suspect is his brother-in-law and he had nothing to do with any robbery also.
He said that on the night he was arrested, he and his in-law were heading home after taking a “drink” in the area.
According to reports, four Chinese nationals went to the wharf to purchase fish on the day in question.
Kaieteur News was told that when the men arrived at the wharf, they parked their vehicle outside and walked into the Fisherman’s Co-op Society compound. While there, a white tinted car pulled up and parked alongside the Chinese nationals’ vehicle.
An eyewitness said that two armed men exited the white car and broke into Lu’s vehicle and collected all the valuables, including the battery.
“They packed the things into their car and sat and waited on the men (Chinese nationals) to come out from the wharf. But a short while later, only one man (Lu) come out from the wharf and walk towards his vehicle. That’s when one of them bandits rush up to he,” the eyewitness recalled.
Kaieteur News was further told that a fight ensued after which two shots were fired, one of which struck Lu.
“After the shooting, the man run through a crack that lead straight out to Rahaman’s Park and the other gunman drive away…like he went to meet up the shooter. They didn’t get anything from the Chinese man other than what they took from his vehicle,” the eyewitness said.
An identification parade (ID) will be held shortly.

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