Video footage from a nearby business led to the arrest of four young men from Ste Madeleine on Friday for an $11,000 robbery at Ali’s Doubles.
The suspects, ages 15, 18, 21 and 22, are expected to be presented in an identification parade this weekend after they were picked up by Princes Town CID.
Around 2 pm on Tuesday, three of the suspects walked up to three female employees of Ali’s Doubles in Craignish Village, Princes Town, and one of them allegedly whipped out a cutlass.
The women were ordered to hand over the day’s sales, mobile phones and other money they had. The men escaped in a blue Toyota Corolla parked a short distance away.
CID officers, including Sgt Roland Ramlogan, Cpl Neil Nanan and PC Desmond Mathura, responded to the robbery and collected video footage.
On Thursday night, the officers stopped the car which was allegedly at the crime scene in Mon Repos and took the four occupants to the Princes Town Police Station.
However, the men said they rented the car from someone and when police met with the owner, he directed them to the driver who rented the car on Tuesday.
The officers went to Ste Madeleine and arrested the suspect, who confessed to the crime and led police to his accomplices.
While the $11,000 was not recovered, police said some Guyanese currency was found, which belonged to one of the victims.