Malaysian businessman trailed from bank, robbed in café
Gunmen yesterday trailed a Malaysian businessman from a city bank to a café on Church Street, Georgetown where they robbed him of over one million Guyana dollars.
A detective (backing camera) taking a statement from the Malaysian businessman yesterday.
The unmasked men robbed about seven other customers who were in the Coffee
Bean restaurant when they pounced on the businessman and his driver at around 11:32 hrs.
According to information received, the businessman, accompanied by his driver, went to a city bank to make a withdrawal. They then went for lunch at the café.
Manager of the café, Narvini Dewnath said that the two customers entered the fast food outlet and shortly after, two gunmen stormed in. They were wearing baseball caps to conceal their identity.
Kaieteur News was informed that while one of the men “harassed” the businessman’s driver and kept asking where the money was, the second gunman collected the other customers’ valuables.
They then took the businessman and his driver to their vehicle that was parked in front of the restaurant where they collected the cash and made good their escape.
Dewnath said that the gunmen’s target was clearly the businessman, who is a regular customer at the café.
“We have an electronic door that opens from inside, but at the time of the robbery it wasn’t working… we have gotten that fixed,” the woman noted, while adding that her restaurant was not robbed.
When this publication visited the café yesterday, the businessman and his driver were giving their statements to investigators. The businessman objected to speak to the media.
He reportedly told the police that while on his way from the bank, he was very careful and did not notice anyone following him. No one was injured during the attack.
The robbery was recorded on surveillance cameras and the footage has been handed over to investigators.