Bandits caught minutes after brazen mini bus robbery

East Coast Demerara : At about 1:30 p.m yesterday, two men who had joined a mini-bus as passengers, one of whom was armed with a handgun, stopped the vehicle at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, and held up the other occupants. They took away jewellery and cash and escaped.

 

Quick response to the report by the police led to the arrest of the two suspects in Agricola and the recovery of a gold chain that had been stolen.

 

The men are in police custody assisting with the investigations.