The Tribune

POLICE are investigating three armed robberies that occurred in New Providence on Wednesday - two of them taking place near ATMs.

In the first incident, a man robbed another man of his dark coloured Toyota Corolla, licence plate #AS8974. Preliminary reports revealed that sometime around 8pm the victim left his daughter in the vehicle while using the ATM machine in the area of John F Kennedy Drive.

Police were told that the suspect, dressed in dark clothing and wearing a mask, got into the car, pulled out a gun and ordered the female in the car to be quiet.

She then got out of the car, and ran for safety as the suspect fled in the vehicle travelling in an easterly direction on JFK Drive.

Quick action by police resulted in the vehicle being recovered a short time later in the area of Rock Crusher.

Then sometime around 8.55pm, a woman who was using the ATM machine in the area of Poinciana Avenue was robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash by two gunmen. The suspects fled the scene.

In the third incident, shortly after 9pm a man was robbed by an unknown male who he had met on Facebook after arranging to sell his cell phone.

Police said the victim met the thief in the area of Baillou Hill Road north and while conducting the transaction, the suspect produced a firearm and robbed the man of the cell phone before fleeing the area.

Police have asked members of the public to use the services of the Royal Bahamas Police Force when conducting business transactions with people they don’t know. Anyone with information regarding these or any other matters is urged to contact the Criminal Investigations Department at 502-9991/2/3.