Teens steal $7,000 in liquor, red mango

Two teenage boys charged with stealing over $7,000 worth of items mostly in liquor, yesterday appeared before Magistrate Marcia Murray in the Port-of-Spain Fifth Magistrates’ Court.

Rishi Samaroo, 18, and Christopher Mohammed, 18, both of Bhim Bhim Trace, El Socorro, San Juan, pleaded not guilty to stealing a quantity of items from Master’s Restaurant and Bar at El Socorro Road, on Tuesday. The items included 30 packets of preserved red mango, 50 disposable cigarette lighters, 11 boxes of Winterfresh gum, bottles of Hennessy brandy, Fernandez Vat 19 Rum, Braemer Scotch whisky, and Old Oak White Rum. The items were found in a white crocus bag and a black knapsack. The teens were charged by PC Mohammed of the Barataria Police Station. They were represented by attorney Cecil Pope. Samaroo and Mohammed were placed on bail with a surety each of $20,000. They are to reappear in court on April 25.