After $1.3M robbery…Three arrested, $1M recovered through quick police action
QUICK police action, on Wednesday, led to the arrest of three men after a robbery committed at Avon Beauty and Home System in Camp Street.
A police report said, about 12:50 hrs, a clerk of the company, Daniel Joseph, 31, was attacked and robbed of $1.3M, by two men, one of whom was armed with a gun.
At the time, Joseph and two other employees were about to enter a motor vehicle outside of the business place.
After taking the money, which was in an envelope, the robbers ran into Lamaha Street and joined motor car HB 663 which drove away with them.
However, Police anti-crime and other patrols were quickly informed of the incident, through the radio network and ranks of a Tactical Services Unit (TSU) anti-crime patrol intercepted the hire car in Cemetery Road.
The driver was arrested and, after further investigations, two other suspects were nabbed in a Walker Terrace, West La Penitence house, also in Georgetown, where an unlicensed 9 mm. pistol with 16 matching rounds and $1M were recovered by police.
The three men remain in custody pending charges shortly.