Vietnamese man shot and injured in gold heist

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Vietnamese man shot and injured in gold heist

PORT MORESBY: A Vietnamese man was shot and injured by robbers who grabbed 720gm of gold worth K144,000 in East Sepik’s Angoram on Sept 29, 2021.

East Sepik commander Chief Supt Albert Beli said the man was currently recovering with police investigating the case.

The news break was reported by The National:

Police probing gold heist

October 21, 2021The NationalNational

By MIRIAM ZARRIGA
POLICE in Angoram, East Sepik, are investigating the shooting and robbing of a Vietnamese man during an armed robbery last month where 720 grams of gold worth about K144,000 was stolen.
The man is currently recovering with local police and Wewak criminal investigation division officers investigating the incident.
East Sepik police commander Chief Supt Albert Beli said the man was holding the gold when the suspects approached the camp.
“The seven suspects approached the camp at Jonomo (in Tamo-Keram local level government area) and held up two of the guards, wounding one of them with a bush knife,” he said.
Chief Supt Beli said the suspects left the two guards tied up and confronted the Vietnamese man and shot him before fleeing the scene with the gold and K4,000.
He said the alarm was raised and the injured man was rushed to a health centre in Angoram for treatment.
Chief Supt Beli said a report of the Sept 29 incident reached Wewak only last week.
Meanwhile, a six-year-old girl was killed after being hit by a vehicle near a lodge along the Kreer Freeway in Wewak.
Chief Supt Beli said the victim, from Masandanai, Karawari local level government, Angoram, was with her mother walking home from Kunai camp after watching a volleyball game when the accident happened.
A Toyota Land Cruiser, owned by a security firm that was allegedly speeding hit the girl.
“She died at the scene and the suspect, a 45-year-old man, was arrested on the same day and taken to the Wewak Police Station,” Chief Supt Beli said.
“He has been charged with one count of dangerous driving causing death.”

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