By LEANDRA ROLLE
lrolle@tribunemedia.net
POLICE in New Providence are actively searching for the men responsible for a series of armed robberies and a home invasion that occurred over the weekend.
Shortly after 6am on Friday, three gunmen forced their way into a home on Lee Street, off Alexander Boulevard and robbed a group of men in the home of cash and a white Toyota Corolla, licence plate AT2096, police said. The thieves then fled the scene.
Police also said that shortly after 11pm on Saturday, a man and a woman were sitting in a vehicle outside a home in Tropical Gardens when they were approached by two armed men. Police said the thieves stole the couple’s cash and a black Nissan Note, licence plate AS0681, before running away.
Several hours earlier, shortly after 9pm on Saturday, a man was in the area of Stapleton Gardens when he was also approached by two armed men, who robbed him of his wallet, iPhone and green Nissan Note, licence plate AC1885. The victim was then driven to Tonique Williams Darling Highway, east of the city dump, where he was later forced out of the vehicle.
In the third incident, shortly before midnight Friday, a man was walking on Dowdeswell Street when he was approached by an armed man who robbed him of cash and jewellery before escaping.
In an effort to crack down on the increasing number of armed robberies in the country, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis told reporters earlier this month that officers will be beefing up manpower in the capital.
“We’ve heard of and we recognise that there’s (been) an increase in armed robbery, even in my own constituency in the Westridge area and other areas in the Killarney constituency, our residents have been complaining,” he had said earlier.
“I’ve spoken with both the minister of national security and all of the relevant authorities and they will beef up the manpower and beef up the security in not only my constituency, but within the entire Bahamas to ensure the safety of Bahamians.”
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Well_mudda_take_sic 4 years, 1 month ago
In recent years many opportunistic Bahamians have been getting into the very lucrative business of providing security guard services for wealthier neighbourhoods. But more often than not the low-cost security guards hired by these businesses are not properly vetted and are in fact the ones staking out and studying the habits of the residents so they can then pass the information learned along to their accomplices who then break into the homes to steal whatever they can. The best deterrent for those afraid of a home invasion while they are at home, especially at night, will always be a loaded 12 gauge shotgun kept where one can quickly get to it. But you can't be gun shy and must know how and not be afraid to use it. And it's a well known fact that costly gated communities do little to prevent home invasions at night when one is more likely to be home.
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