| Police in Berbice say they are closing in on the suspects who carried out last Sunday’s robbery that resulted in the death of 70-year-old store owner Abdul Majid of Lot 12 ‘A’, Number 70 Village, Corentyne.The police are basing their search on information and descriptions provided by the dead man’s wife, who had seen the men videotaping the premises, before the attack.Abdul MajidMrs. Majid suggested that the men who killed her husband were individuals who had been scouring the area in recent weeks. She told Kaieteur News that she had observed,China Jerseys Cheap, on several occasions, four men pulling up with a minibus, videotaping the premises.The woman alleged that she had informed ranks at the Springlands Police Station about the suspicious activities, but was told that police needed the licence number of the vehicle; however she was unable to provide this information.According to Mrs. Majid, three of the men visited the shop around 10:30 hrs last Saturday and “bring a couple of rusty bolts and wanted ones just like that. So, when I saw them,Cheap Jeseys NFL, I told my husband that they looked like thieves because they came and video the place before. Four times they came and were videoing,Wholesale Jerseys From China, “she stated.She said that fearing the men,Discount NFL Jerseys, the couple told them that they did not have the items, and the men left. But the men returned the next day with the same request, and this time their intention was clear.“Based on the description that she gave, we have a fair idea of who we are looking for,Wholesale Jerseys NFL,” a source in the Ancient County told this newspaper.Kaieteur News understands that the police yesterday raided several properties in the Rose Hall area in search of the perpetrators and several persons were picked up.Earlier yesterday at an identification parade at the Springlands Police Station, Majid’s wife did not pick out anyone from among eight men who were part of the line-up.“All of them looked so ‘frighten, frighten ’… [but] I can’t go pick an innocent person—I feel so confused…,”she told this newspaper.Patrols have also been increased in the Number 62, Corentyne area, which was described as a critical point.Like other parts of the country, Berbice has been experiencing a spike in criminal activity with two robbery/murders occurring within less than a week of each other.Last Tuesday, rice miller Lallpersaud Juggerdeo was shot dead during an invasion of his home at Number Nought Village,Cheap Wholesale NFL Jerseys, Corentyne.Five days later, Majid was found dead in his store minutes after bandits had ransacked his home.A resident of the Corentyne told Kaieteur News yesterday that following the recent crimes, the area has become a virtual ghost town at nights.“As soon as you see five o’clock, people gone in dey house and lock up,” the resident said. |
