Bandits steal $125,000 and cases of scotch whiskey

SOUTHERN Division police are continuing the search for four bandits who escaped with $125,000 and three cases of alcohol, following a daring afternoon hold-up of a supermarket in St Margaret’s Village over the weekend.

Robbery victim Ramnarine Mungroo, 64, owner of Mungroo’s Grocery, located downstairs his home at Union Village, St Margaret’s Village, reported to police that around 3.45 pm on Saturday, he was conducting business at the grocery when four bandits, two of whom were armed with guns, entered the grocery and announced a hold-up. The bandits made their way to the top floor of the building where Mungroo and his family live.  With a gun pointed at her face, Zarran Mungroo, 20, a student and daughter of the proprietor, was ordered by the bandits to “pass everything.”

In fear for her life, the young woman reportedly went to a vault and took out $125,000, which she handed over to the bandits. Before they left, the bandits also seized two cases of McArthur’s Scotch whiskey worth $2,200 and a case of Black Label Rum worth $1,000. They then escaped in a silver-grey B14 Sentra. A report was made to the St Margaret’s police and a team of officers led by PCs Sankar and Browne visited the scene and carried out a futile mobile search for the bandits. The officers also recorded statements from the victims. Up to late yesterday, no arrests had been made and investigations are continuing.