A Police Constable will appear virtually before a Port-of-Spain Magistrate today, charged with participating in a $680,000 robbery.

Police Officer PC Nicholas Roberts, who was last attached to the Western Division, has also been charged with misbehavior in public office.

A civilian, Tevin Morrison, was also charged with robbery.

According to reports, around 6.15 pm on October 3, a courier employed with a clothing store outlet, reported that he was stopped by two men dressed in police uniform who appeared to have been conducting a roadblock on the Western Main Road, Cocorite, in the vicinity of the Paragon Sports Club.

The courier also reported that a marked police vehicle was present at the said location. He was then asked to exit his vehicle to which he complied and was then tie-strapped and robbed of his personal items.

These included one A10 Cell phone valued $1,500, US$120, and TT$ 1,200. He was also robbed of TT$677,277, and US$1500, the property of his employers.

The men then made their escape. One suspect drove away in the marked police vehicle and second suspect escaped through a bushy track off the Western Main Road.

The courier subsequently made a report at the Four Roads Police Station upon which an investigation was launched by ACP William Nurse (North-West), coordinated by Ag. Senior Supt Kelvern Thompson, spearheaded by ASP Sean Henry and involved a multi-agency team including the Western Division CID led by Ag Insp Grant, the Western Division Gang Intelligence Unit, and the Western Division Operation Centre.