Market vendor shot, robbed of $11,000

A MARKET vendor was on Friday night shot in the left leg by armed bandits who then stole $11,000 from him.  Reports are that around 8.05pm, the 48-year-old man was walking along Covigne Road, Diego Martin, when he was confronted by two armed men.

On seeing the men, police said the market vendor began to run.  The men followed him and a shot rang out.  The victim fell to the ground and he was robbed of the cash.  The bandits then escaped on foot and had not been captured up to late evening. The vendor was rushed to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital, where he is warded in a stable condition. PC Samuel of the West End Police Station is continuing investigations.