02nd February 2012
Heist
Merissa Stephen

About 8:15 p.m. on January 24th 2012 employees of a local jewelry company were robbed along the Trouya road whilst transporting items.
On Tuesday evening, a company vehicle chaperoned by four employees was hijacked by armed, masked men. The employees, who were in possession of items amounting to about US $140,000, were accosted by two vehicles whilst driving from a hotel.
The company vehicle was pinned by the two vehicles, a white car to the front and a green vehicle to the back. Reports suggest that four armed, masked men disembarked the green vehicle and moved over to the company vehicle.
Two of the four employees were assaulted in the robbery. The employees were directed to abandon the company vehicle, after which it was boarded and commandeered by one of the four bandits. The armed men drove off with all three vehicles, and left the employees along the Trouya road.
The following Wednesday the police discovered the company vehicle abandoned at the Corinth Estate. Investigations are still under way.