Mayaro man robbed after Facebook meet-up in Laventille

SHANE SU­PERVILLE

Se­nior Re­porter

A 25-year-old Ma­yaro man was robbed of elec­tron­ics, jew­ellery and cash when he vis­it­ed Laven­tille to con­duct a trans­ac­tion with strangers he met through Face­book Mar­ket­place on Mon­day morn­ing.

Po­lice said the man went to Plai­sance Ter­race near a pri­ma­ry school around 11:45 am to meet with cus­tomers when he was con­front­ed by three ban­dits who de­mand­ed his valu­ables.

The ban­dits stole the man's gold chain, eight HY300 movie pro­jec­tors, an Ap­ple iPhone 14 Pro Max, a gold watch and $7,000 in cash be­fore run­ning away.

A re­port was made, and po­lice from the Besson Street Crim­i­nal In­ves­ti­ga­tions De­part­ment are con­tin­u­ing en­quiries.

Po­lice have pre­vi­ous­ly ap­pealed to the pub­lic to avoid meet­ing strangers in un­fa­mil­iar neigh­bour­hoods to con­duct fi­nan­cial trans­ac­tions.

They have re­peat­ed­ly urged peo­ple to meet at po­lice sta­tions when con­duct­ing trans­ac­tions with strangers.