(Kaieteur News) – A Venezuelan national was robbed of his motorcycle on Friday at Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara, by two men, one of whom was armed with a cutlass.

According to police, the robbery occurred around 04:00hrs, when the 22-year-old victim and another man were riding home on the motorcycle when they were confronted by two men on another motorcycle.

“One of the suspects, who was reportedly armed with a cutlass, dismounted and confronted the victims. During the encounter, one of the victims engaged the armed suspect in a scuffle; however, the suspect [subsequently] mounted the victims’ motorcycle, while the other suspect mounted the motorcycle on which they had arrived,” police disclosed.