Several million dollars intended to pay approximately 80 workers at the Cotton Field Secondary School construction site were stolen during a reported armed robbery in Anna Regina on Saturday afternoon.
An employee of a hardware business was preparing to make the payments when a masked man allegedly confronted the employee at the business’s entrance around 3:15 p.m.
The suspect reportedly threatened the employee with a firearm and demanded a bag containing the money before fleeing with it.
Police subsequently arrested a man in connection with the robbery. The suspect is reportedly from the West Coast of Demerara.
An unlicensed firearm was allegedly found in his possession, but the stolen money had not been recovered.
The exact amount taken has not been disclosed. Investigations are continuing.
