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- two accomplices nabbed, another two on the run
The guns and ammunition found in the bandits’ possession
Two bandits are now dead and two captured after a confrontation with police in the Berbice River early yesterday morning.
Dead are Indarjit ‘Danny’ Sham, 37,of Betsy Ground Village, East Canje and Amar ‘Punk’ Bissoon, 21,of Adelphi Settlement ,East Canje.
According to information gathered, at approximately 05:00h yesterday, six male suspects, two of whom were armed with guns, went to a ranch house at Potocco Creek, Berbice River, and held three male labourers at gunpoint. During the invasion they stole 23 sheep, 15 ducks, a solar panel, a radio, a quantity of rope, and other valuables, property of a 50 year-old businessman of Vryheid, West Canje, Berbice. They loaded the items on a boat and subsequently escaped.
Shortly after the robbery occurred, police in B’ Division were informed and a team led by a Senior Detective, acting on intelligence, intercepted a boat on the Berbice River with the two suspects who are in custody, and based on further information, the ranks proceeded to another location where they discovered all of the animals with their legs bound and the other stolen property, loaded inside of a camouflaged aluminum boat.
It was after the ranks disembarked their boat that they were confronted by two other men who discharged several rounds at them. The officers quickly assumed tactical positions and returned fire, fatally wounding the men who have been positively identified by the victims as members of the gang who committed the robbery.
The boat that the bandits used
A twelve gauge pump action shotgun, a .32 pistol, eleven live cartridges, and five live.32 rounds were found in possession of the bandits. Also three spent cartridges and a .32 spent shell were retrieved at the scene.
The bodies identified are presently at the Arokium Funeral Home awaiting post mortem examinations.
A manhunt is underway for the other two suspects.
Investigations are continuing.
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