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There were a number of robberies over the weekend. Two of them resulted in two women being injured in separate incidents. Meanwhile, 10 people have been arrested for driving under the influence.
Alicia Boucher has the details in tonight's Crime Wrap.
Transcript
00:00 A fire officer was among two people robbed at gunpoint along Ariapeta Avenue in Woodbrook
00:05 on Sunday morning.
00:06 The incident took place just after 12 o'clock in the vicinity of Rosalino Street.
00:11 The two victims, aged 35 and 33, had reportedly bought food along the avenue and had returned
00:16 to their blue Kia Sportage when they were confronted by two men armed with guns.
00:22 The suspects ordered the victims out of their vehicle and took their cash, which was over
00:27 $4,000, cell phones, jewelry and other valuables.
00:31 The assailants fled the scene in the stolen vehicle.
00:34 A woman had to be taken to the Port of Spain General Hospital for treatment after she was
00:38 assaulted by a group of men around 11 a.m. on Saturday along Piccadilly Street in Port
00:44 of Spain.
00:45 It happened after she rebuked a group for robbing her son of his cell phone.
00:49 Both mother and son were in the area to see someone in connection with the installation
00:54 of AC units.
00:55 The bandits stole the son's car, three AC units, valued at close to $3,000 each, before
01:02 escaping.
01:03 An 18-year-old woman was stabbed in a private hire white Nissan B13 taxi in Arima on Sunday
01:09 morning.
01:10 She stopped the car with three male occupants, including the driver, along Omera Road and
01:15 asked to be taken to Arima.
01:17 Upon reaching the vicinity of Samaru Village, one of the men pulled out a screwdriver and
01:21 announced a hold-up.
01:23 He then stabbed the woman repeatedly to her right leg with it and took her cash and other
01:27 valuables.
01:28 The driver dropped off the woman near Printryville and drove off.
01:32 A 36-year-old woman was assaulted and tied up during a robbery at her minimart along
01:37 King Street in Arima.
01:39 She was confronted by three men, all armed with guns.
01:42 They assaulted her before they tied her up.
01:44 They took cash and valuables, including an undisclosed sum of money in roulette machines,
01:50 and then fled the scene.
01:51 In an unrelated incident, a 51-year-old woman was also robbed at gunpoint in St. Augustine
01:57 on Saturday evening.
01:59 The bandits took $5,695 in cash from the victim.
02:04 The swift work of officers of the Eastern Division Task Force has resulted in the arrests
02:10 of two men minutes after they robbed a fish vendor in Sandy Grandy.
02:14 The incident took place on January 18.
02:17 The men ran out of some bushes and the victim stopped his vehicle.
02:20 One of the bandits pulled out a gun and robbed the man of $3,500 and a cell phone.
02:26 Police launched a manhunt and the men were held in some bushes a short distance away.
02:32 In addition to the stolen items, a homemade shotgun and one round of ammunition were seized.
02:37 Ten people have been arrested for driving under the influence.
02:40 It happened on Saturday when officers of the Debe Highway Patrol Unit conducted an exercise.
02:47 A total of 45 persons were stopped and administered breathalyzer tests and 10 people, ages 26-44,
02:55 either failed the breathalyzer test or failed to give a breath sample to the officers and
03:01 were subsequently arrested and charged for the offense.
03:05 Alicia Boucher, TV6 News.
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