GEORGETOWN, Guyana–The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) Friday “apologized for any inconvenience caused” after thieves dressed up as security guards on Thursday night stole nearly GUY$20 million (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents) in cash and cheques at its Giftland Store.
In a statement, GTT said that all of its team members had been accounted for and that it “would continue to provide support to them through our HR Employee Experience.”
The telecom company said that both the police and its investigative teams are probing the robbery that media reports here said had been carried out by the thieves pretending to be from a security service that usually uplifts the GTT’s earnings.
“The employee said that five other staff members were on duty at the GTT booth when the two suspects, wearing face masks fully dressed in the security uniforms, approached her and checked the bags with the cash as per l.
“One of the suspects went outside to the other staff members and brandished a handgun. They were instructed to ‘get on the floor, to which they complied. The other suspect in the supervisor’s room took out a handgun from the waist of his pants and told the supervisor to go on the floor, which she did,” police said.
The authorities said that the bandits stole GUY$13,420,487 in cash and GUY$6,015,524 in cheques from the telecoms company’s branch at Giftland Mall, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara.
Police said that the suspects placed duct tape on the hands and mouths of the GTT staffers and locked them in the booth.
“The perpetrators then took the said cash mentioned, exited through the back door, made their way into the Giftland parking lot, entered a white, old model Raum (number unknown), and made their escape heading east on the Railway Embankment,” police said.
Police added that staff members managed to free themselves, and an alarm was raised.
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