Two men who were dressed in the same uniform as the security company that transfers money to the bank for telephone company GTT carted off over $13 million in cash plus more than $6 million in cheques during a robbery at the GTT Giftland Store.
In a statement, the Guyana Police Force said the robbery took place at around 9:45pm on Thursday.
The two unidentifiable males who were both armed with hand guns and dressed in the uniform used by a private security service that usually uplifts money from the outlet when it closes approached the store supervisor to uplift the money for transport.
The supervisor said that herself along with five other staff members were on duty at the GTT booth, when the two suspects, wearing face masks fully dressed in the said security uniforms, approached her and checked the bags with the cash as per normal.
One of the suspects then went outside to the other staff members and brandished a hand gun at them. They were instructed to ‘get on the floor’ to which they complied. The other suspect who was in the supervisor’s room took out a hand gun from his pants waist and told supervisor to go on the floor, which she did.
The suspects placed duck tape on the hands and mouths of the GTT staffers and locked them in the booth.
The perpetrators then took the money and exited through a back door and made their way into the Giftland parking lot and entered a white old mode, making good their escape along the Railway Embankment.
The Police said the staff members managed to free themselves and an alarm was raised but by that time the suspects had already left the scene.
Several persons were questioned and statements taken. Investigations are ongoing.
In a separate statement, GTT confirmed the incident and said the matter is now being probed by the Police.
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