Two employees attached to Automotive Arts on Croal Street, Georgetown were on Wednesday relieved of a bag containing close to G$1 million in cash by two armed men. The incident occurred just after 13:00h.
The workers, according to reports, had just returned from a commercial bank and as they exited their motor car, a black car pulled up alongside them and stopped. As the black car came to a halt, one man who was carrying a hand gun exited and grabbed the bag that contained the money.
The gunman then reportedly discharged a round into the air and hurriedly entered the waiting motor car, which fled the scene. By this time, several persons from within the building rushed out and immediately summoned the Police.
An official of the paint company told media operatives that two workers went to the bank to collect “change money” and confirmed that it was less than G$1 million. A Police source told this newspaper that they were up to late Wednesday evening reviewing the surveillance footage captured by the business place.
He noted that the man who exited the getaway car was not wearing a mask and the Police would check their database to see if there was a match.
The manager of the company was happy no one was hurt during the robbery, but related that the two employees were traumatised.
