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Attack on Mahaica family…Cops capture remaining gang members, recover loot, car

Oct 31, 2015 News

Police have captured the rest of the gang that escaped on Thursday with a Toyota Spacio and other valuables after terrorizing Mahaica rice farmer, Gansham Jorie, and his family.
Police said, yesterday, that two suspects, who were part of a three-man gang that robbed the family of a car, cash and jewllery at their Prospect, Mahaica, home, were positively identified.
“The vehicle along with part of the booty was recovered during police investigations and charges are to be instituted shortly,” police said.
Around 15:00 hours on Thursday, three armed bandits stormed the home of rice farmer Gansham Jorie at Prospect, Mahaica, and held the farmer, his wife and daughter at gunpoint.
The men threatened to kill their victims, while demanding cash, jewellery and other valuables.
This newspaper was told that the men ransacked Jorie’s house and carted off an undisclosed sum of cash and jewellery.
They then took the keys for his blue Spacio PPP 1050 and escaped.
Almost immediately after the bandits left, the police at the Mahaica Police Station were contacted.
In the absence of a Force vehicle, the detective on duty had no other alternative but to use his personal vehicle to respond.
He spotted the bandits somewhere in Mahaica and trailed them all the way to Ann’s Grove, a few miles away.
Bravely, he challenged the escaping bandits, forcing three of them to flee from the car in a bid to getaway.
The driver of the car sped away.
The detective who was accompanied by another general duty constable, managed to apprehend two of the fleeing bandits, while another one, taking advantage of the extra number, made good his escape.
A search of the captured bandits unearthed some of the stolen jewellery which was positively identified by the victims at the Mahaica Police Station.

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