Minister held up by masked gunmen

MINISTER in the Ministry of Sports Eddie Hart was held up at gunpoint and robbed of a car loaned to him by a friend on Monday night.

Reports revealed that around 10.20 pm, Hart was driving a B-15 vehicle, registration number PBO 5517 along the bus route, when on reaching a traffic light at Orange Grove Road, the traffic light turned to red. Hart brought the car to a halt and waited for the light to turn green. He was confronted by two masked men armed with guns who ordered him out of the vehicle and robbed him of a wallet, a cell phone and documents and then drove away with the vehicle. Hart did not report the matter to the police until 9 am yesterday. Newsday learned that ASP Fitzroy Fredericks took a report from the MP and an All Points Bulletin was sent out to all police divisions to be on the lookout for the vehicle. Hart told the police that the car was loaned to him by a friend from Chaguanas. He claimed that after being robbed, he could not remember the registration number of the car and waited until he was able to get the necessary information before contacting the police. Investigators told Newsday that every effort is being made to recover the stolen vehicle.