Former postal employee suspected in Post Office robbery

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 June 2014, 23:36 by GxMedia

A former employee of the Soesdyke Post Office has been implicated in the grabbing of GUY$1.9 million from that branch on Thursday, a police source said.

Investigators were told that one of two men ceased working at the post office but would still frequent the location.

Police said in a statement that about 11:30 AM, two men armed  with handguns entered the post office where they held up the Postmistress and staff and took away the cash.

They  escaped in a waiting motor car.