Police arrested three suspects within minutes of a report of a robbery which occurred in the Debe district on Wednesday 10th July 2024.

According to the TTPS, two victims were in the district when they were accosted by two male suspects who announced a robbery. The victims were relieved of a quantity of cash and jewellery before the suspects made their escape in an awaiting Nissan Almera motor vehicle.

A report was made to the Debe Highway Patrol and a coordinated effort was made by the Central Division Gang Unit in collaboration with the Freeport Criminal Investigations Department (CID), the Highway Patrol South and Central and the Central Division Task Force, to locate the suspects.

The Almera was subsequently intercepted along the northbound lane of the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway in the vicinity of Brentwood Gardens. Three suspects, ages 19 to 41, of San Juan and Morvant, were arrested in connection with the incident.

Officers also discovered one partially destroyed imitation firearm. The suspects were wanted in connection with a similar robbery incident in the Central Division.

Investigations are ongoing.

Insp coordinated the exercise. (Ag.) Jitmansingh, Insp. (Ag.) Doodnath, Sgt. (Ag.) Harrilal, Sgt. (Ag.) Dublin, Sgt. (Ag.) Gervais, Cpl (Ag.) Rajpat and Cpl (Ag.) Davis of the Central and South Western Divisions.

Meanwhile, in a separate incident, one 50-year-old suspect was arrested in the Central Division, following a report of Motor Vehicle Larceny, which occurred in the Morvant district. Officers of the Chaguanas CID were on mobile patrol in the Edinburgh 500 district when they observed a male suspect seated in the driver’s seat of the stolen vehicle.

Checks of the vehicle, a silver Toyota Aqua, revealed the ignition had been tampered with and the right rear passenger door glass was broken. Investigations are ongoing into the above incident.