Trinidad and Tobago: A 37-year-old girl fell sufferer to a theft, dropping TT$ 80,000, after exiting Scotiabank on Windsor Highway in Arima, round 1:30 pm on Thursday, 14 December.
In line with studies, the theft sufferer was returning to her parked automobile after finishing transactions on the financial institution.
Because the sufferer went to her automotive, immediately, two assailants rushed on her, amongst whom one of many suspects was carrying a gun. They instantly introduced the theft.
It’s been stated that one man bodily threatened the victim in an already tense state of affairs by holding the girl in a headlock, whereas one other man demanded the cash she had simply withdrawn from the financial institution.
The sufferer, out of any selection and in worry for her life, accepted their demand and gave away all the quantity she was carrying.
After the profitable theft of the envelope containing money, criminals fled out of the place instantly.
Instantly after the theft, native police was notified in regards to the incident, in response to which Police Constable Charles from the Arima Legal Investigation Division (CID) took cost of the investigation.
The authorities are working to assemble info by analysing all out there surveillance footage from the cameras across the space on the time of the theft and are accumulating clues that may result in the identification of the suspects.
The incident of theft within the daylight in a crowded space raised concern among the many individuals of the neighbourhood in regards to the security of their cash and different valuables, even within the supposedly secured areas.
This incident additionally got here as a realisation among the many public as they’re now speaking in regards to the necessity of warning people should attain to keep away from such sort of state of affairs and to have the ability to shield their hard-earned cash and valuables.
On the opposite facet, individuals are additionally elevating issues over issues of safety and questioning the authorities, saying, “What my nation Trinidad is turning into! Individuals can’t go to the financial institution to get their very own cash. What was safety doing on the time? There is no such thing as a worry of the legislation remained looks like. Now, the general public must go to the financial institution with the police each time. Then, just one could be secure.”
By taking notes on such robberies constantly occurring in several areas, monetary establishments wish to assessment their safety protocols and make them higher as a lot as potential.
Because the investigation is occurring across the collected shreds of proof, individuals of communities expect a fast decision of the problem and hoping for justice for the sufferer of a theft. Authorities with group elders are asking everybody to remain calm and cooperate with the cops working across the theft case.
