Bandit caught at Chung Grocery at Besty Ground East Canje, Berbice
A brave East Canje, Berbice businessman fought off a home intruder who held him up at knifepoint during a failed robbery attempt last Saturday.
The incident occurred at Chung Grocery at Besty Ground, East Canje.
Chung said he was watching football on his computer when the man placed a knife to his neck and told him to freeze.
He said he did not take it for anything since he thought it was one of his friends playing a prank. The businessman was home with his wife and children and he told them to lock themselves up in the bedroom while he confronted the suspect. 
Bandit caught at Chung’s Grocery at Besty Ground, East Canje.
The man eventually managed to overpower the suspect while his wife raised an alarm that a thief was in their home. Residents quickly came out in their numbers and gave the suspect a sound thrashing before handing him over to the police.
An eyewitness said he said the suspect on a bicycle wearing a white T-shirt when he first saw him, he said moments later he saw the same man wearing a green vest. He recalled the man parked his cycle against a utility pole and disappeared.
The bandit and his bicycle were taken into custody at the Reliance Police Station. He later gave his name as Andrew Griffith, 21, but was giving different addresses.