POLICE are searching for clues surrounding two heists committed on businessmen in Linden last Saturday night.

One of the victims, also a popular promoter, Carwyn Holland, reported that his family store, CRH and Sons, on Celebrity Avenue, Mackenzie, was burglarised.

Burglars gained entry by removing a window grill and carted off most of the valuable merchandise, including expensive cellular phones, brand name clothing, electrical irons and a computer.

Holland said he made the discovery Sunday morning and calculated the loss at between $2M and $3M.

The recently converted born again Christian said the incidence is increasing in the town and Lindeners should be concerned, because of the unavailability of jobs and the proliferation of drugs.

Holland said the burglary has made him 10 times richer as he is a believer but he condemned the crime.

He was not sure if the business, of which he is Managing Director would be reopened in time for Linden Town Week later this month but definitely in the very near future.

Holland lamented what has happened to him in view of his charitable gestures to fellow Lindeners.

The other Saturday night victim was Troy Wilson, who operates a beverage shop at the junction of Berbice Road and Mora Street, also in Mackenzie. He was attacked by two armed, masked men and relieved of $60,000 worth of phone cards, $35,000 cash, his passport, bank card and other belongings he had in a bag.

The 34-year-old said he was on his way home alone when he heard a sound originating from bushes close to his house and the robbers pounced on him.

Wilson said he attempted to ride his bicycle faster but was pushed off it with a gun to his head, simultaneously with a demand for his bag.

He said, initially, a scuffle ensued but, as he was tumbling with one, the other bandit lashed him on his arm as he deflected the blow from his head and faced another gun before the duo escaped.