Armed bandits escape with over $4M after robbing Diamond store, customer

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:

Police in Regional Division 4 ‘B’ are investigating an alleged Robbery Under Arms which occurred on Monday May 4, 2026 about 14:50hrs, at a business establishment on Diamond Public Road, East Bank Demerara, committed on the business entity and a 43-year-old vendor of Providence, East Bank Demerara.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the 43-year-old woman was at the business establishment with her family paying for an item she had purchased at the cashier’s cubicle when she observed two masked males, clad in orange jumpsuits, walk up to the cashier, one of whom pointed a handgun at the cashier and ordered her to move away from the register.

The unarmed suspect then reportedly went around the counter and began removing cash from the cash drawer and placing it into a haversack, while the armed suspect stood guard. The armed suspect also allegedly relieved the 43-year-old woman of her purse and cellphone.

Further enquiries disclosed that the two suspects then walked briskly down the stairs to the lower flat, where two other males were awaiting them on the ground floor. The four men then exited the building, got onto two black Honda XR motorcycles with no number plates and made good their escape in a northern direction along Diamond Public Road.

The suspects allegedly robbed the business entity of $4,140,000 Guyana currency, while the 43-year-old vendor was relieved of one black purse valued at $5,000 Guyana currency containing $90,000 cash, along with her driver’s licence, identification card and bank card.

Investigations are ongoing.