A fifth person was arrested yesterday and a quantity of cash seized in relation to the $5.5 million robbery at the Piarco International Airport last week.
Police said the arrest took place early yesterday in Central Division. However, officers said they have to remain tight-lipped about their operations so as not to “spook” other suspects, noting they were still “connecting the dots.”
The well planned and orchestrated hit targeted a First Citizens bank load which was being sent to Tobago via Caribbean Airlines, and took place mere metres away from the Piarco Police Station.
In an unrelated incident, a maxi taxi driver was slain on the Priority Bus Route in St Augustine last night by bandits who had attempted to rob him.
Details were sketchy up to press time, but police said the driver had stopped at the bus shed which leads to St John’s Road around 9.30 when he was accosted by bandits. The driver, who police had not identified up to press time, apparently resisted and was shot by one of the bandits.