Police are searching for the bandits who stole approximately $100,000 worth of equipment from the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries’ Tucker Valley Seed Unit in Chaguaramas.
According to police reports, around 2.30 am on August 29, two security guards were on duty there when a group of about 8 to 10 masked men entered the compound.
The guards said five of the suspects had guns.
The men tied and gagged the guards before beating them.
They then stole a Samsung phone from one of the guards worth $1,500, his power bank, worth $400, and a Redmi phone from the other guard worth $1,300.
The bandits then raided a stock room on the compound and stole various chemicals, spray cans, water cans, brush cutters, and fertilisers worth $100,000.