POLICE are investigating a report that, about 01:30hrs on April 8, businessmen Itram Narine, 46 and Khemraj, 45, of Port Kaituma, North West District, were attacked and robbed by two men.
One of the attackers brandished a firearm on the two men while in their motor vessel at the mouth of the Waini River, in North West District, too.
The two perpetrators, who were in another boat, held the two victims at gunpoint and took away a total of US$15,800 and their four outboard motor engines, with which they escaped, police reported.
The two victims were left adrift but managed to reach shore at Morawhanna, in North West District, as well, on Tuesday night.