NLCB booth robbed in Whim, Tobago

A Na­tion­al Lot­ter­ies Con­trol Board (NL­CB) booth in Whim, To­ba­go, was robbed on Sat­ur­day af­ter­noon.

Ac­cord­ing to po­lice, two masked gun­men en­tered Mills Place, which hous­es an NL­CB out­let and an ad­ja­cent bar, and an­nounced a hold-up.

CCTV footage out­side the es­tab­lish­ment showed the men en­ter­ing the com­pound be­fore they can be heard or­der­ing peo­ple to lie on the ground.

The em­ploy­ee con­trol­ling the booth be­came fear­ful for her life and hand­ed over $2,930 to the ban­dits.

“Mon­ster, lewwe go,” one of the rob­bers shout­ed, be­fore they ran to a sil­ver Nis­san Note parked near­by and made their get­away.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day, the pro­pri­etor of the es­tab­lish­ment, who pre­ferred to stay anony­mous, said it was not the first time her busi­ness has been tar­get­ed.

She re­called four years ago the NL­CB booth was al­so robbed, but po­lice were able to ap­pre­hend the sus­pects.

An em­ploy­ee yes­ter­day said the in­ci­dent has left her trau­ma­tised and wor­ried for her safe­ty.

She said the area was not as safe as be­fore.

Po­lice are con­tin­u­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tions.