Gunshots rang out early yesterday morning in the quiet community of Meadow Bank, Greater Georgetown, as three bandits managed to elude the police who had staked out the area having gathered information that a robbery would take place at a business establishment there.The information collected by the police was accurate because at approximately 11:30hrs yesterday, two men entered Briggs and Stratton store located at Lot Three,Cheap NFL Jerseys Supply, Meadow Bank,NFL Jerseys Supply, and pretended that they were interested in purchasing tarpaulins. Sales Representative of the store, Zaheer Khan told Kaieteur News that earlier yesterday police came to the business place and informed him that they had received information that a robbery would take place at the establishment.According to Khan, the police then staked out the area,Authentic NFL Jerseys Wholesale, and even hid in the business place waiting for the bandits to show up.The sales representative noted that as the police were hiding, two men went into the store. Khan said that as he was tending to the men, the phone rang and he answered it.During his conversation on the phone,Authentic NFL Jerseys Wholesale China, the man said that he heard gunshots and ran for cover.He later learnt that the bandits discovered that the police were hiding out in the area,Jerseys NFL Wholesale China, and according to Khan they opened fire on the ranks.The police returned fire on the three men who still managed to jump over the fence of the business establishment and escape.When Kaieteur News arrived on the scene, a number of policemen were searching houses and other places in the Meadow Bank community for the men.The caretaker of the “Our Lady of the Mount” church told Kaieteur News that one of the policemen asked him to search the surroundings of the church,NFL Jerseys Outlet, but as he was about to do so, another police official told him that the men did not escape through the church.However, the security forces still searched the church and the burial ground for the bandits, but came up empty handed.One resident told this newspaper that she and her husband were at home when a policeman came knocking on her door, asking for permission to search the house.According to the woman, the policeman did not state who or what he was searching for, but she still allowed him to do his work since, as she said, she had nothing to hide. |