The police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 18:30 hours, on Saturday last, during which Parsram Thakur of the University of Guyana (UG) and who resides at No. 67 Village, Corentyne, and his wife were attacked by three men, two of whom were armed with handguns and a knife, and robbed of jewellery, cash, a cell phone and a wrist watch.

Investigations revealed that the victims had hired a taxi to take them to the University at Turkeyen, when in the vicinity of Ogle Public Road , ECD, the driver suddenly stopped claiming that someone had thrown a missile at his car. At this point the three bandits came up and held the couple at gunpoint, took away the articles mentioned and escaped.

The taxi-driver has been arrested and is in police custody assisting with the investigations.