The Tribune

AN attempted armed robbery turned into a police chase on Friday and led to the arrest of three suspects.

Police said two suspects, one of whom had a gun, entered a laundromat on Carmichael Road and tried to rob the place around 1pm. However, the cashier ran into another room and the thieves were unable to get any cash.

Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander said quick action from police led to the suspects capture after a car chase which ended in the area of Faith Avenue South.

“The information came in through (the police) control room and it was relayed to officers out there on patrol,” Commissioner Fernander told reporters on Friday. “They spotted the vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed east on Carmichael Road. There was a chase, other vehicles that were in the area became involved in the chase and they came together and there was a lot of in and out through side corners off Carmichael Road and eventually ended up right in this area.”

Police were able to intercept the vehicle and three suspects were arrested.

Police said a loaded gun was also found in the car.

The incident was one of several robberies police reported last week.

Police said they were looking for four men believed to be responsible for two separate armed robbery incidents on Thursday.

A man was approached by two gunmen dressed in black shortly after 8.50pm on Thursday. The victim was getting into his vehicle that was parked at a business located in the area of Farrington Road. The thieves stole the man’s black Kia Soul, licence plate AU6948, and sped off north onto Eden Street.

Then shortly after 11.55pm, while in the area of East Street, a man was approached by two gunmen who robbed him of his 2007 Nissan Note, licence plate AL 6103. The suspects then sped off in an unknown direction.

Investigations into these matters are continuing.

A tourist is reported to have been raped while at a local resort yesterday morning, police said.

The incident took place around 1am on Sunday.

Police were told that the victim, while out with friends at a local resort in western New Providence, was lured away from her friends and sexually assaulted by a man. Police and the resort’s security are investigating this incident.