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BY
RADHICA SOOKRAJ
Gunmen robbed four people—including a policeman—in
separate incidents in South Trinidad, during an 11-hour
period last weekend police said yesterday.
The first incident occurred around 6 pm on Saturday on King’s
Wharf, San Fernando.
Police said Amit Barry, 22, a student of Cap-de-Ville, just
off Point Fortin, was awaiting a taxi when two men ran up
to him.
One man pointed a gun at his head, and the other dealt him
several blows about the body before relieving him of two
cellular phones, valued at $2,000, a silver chain worth
$100, and $40 in cash.
The robbers then fled on foot.
Three hours later, steelbender Mark Marcano, 28, of Phyllis
Street in La Romaine, was walking along Peter Street, when
he, too, was robbed.
Police said a gunman pointed a gun at Marcano and relieved
him of $2,500 in cash and undisclosed items of jewelry.
Here, also, the robber escaped on foot. PC Emrith is continuing
investigations into that matter.
Meanwhile, a police constable of Oropouche station was also
a victim of robbers.
Investigators said the officer parked his silver Toyota
motorcar at Tropical Plaza and went to watch cricket at
Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre.
When he returned at 10.30 pm, he discovered the vehicle
had been broken into and a music player and equaliser stolen.
In the final incident, businessman Naipaul Ramsaran, 46,
of Southern Main Road, Claxton Bay, was also held up at
gunpoint at around 4.50 am by two men.
Police said Ramsaran was about to close his businessplace,
Smiley’s Bar, at 55 Cipero Street, San Fernando, when
the men robbed him of $4,400 in cash.
Once again, the robbers fled the scene on foot.
No arrests have yet been made. PC Morales and PC Emrith
of San Fernando and Marabella police, respectively, are
continuing investigations into both incidents.
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