Police at a crime scene. - File photo
INVESTIGATIONS are ongoing into a recent robbery at gunpoint at a supermarket near the Freeport Police Station.
The suspect, a 27-year-old man from Arima, is facing several charges.
The police said around 9 pm on October 29, Qin Chen, the owner of Your Door Supermarket on Mission Road, was at his business when two men – one with a gun – walked in and announced a hold-up.
The men took $9,300 from the cash register, which represented the day’s sale, along with $3,000 worth of cigarettes and alcohol.
The two then ran out of the supermarket.
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However, Freeport police from CID and the charge room saw the suspects running and immediately gave chase.
The officers managed to arrest one of the men and recovered a bag containing a quantity of cash as well as a gun with ammunition.
The other suspect escaped.
PC Parks is leading the investigations.
