$30,000 jewelry theft in San Fernando

UNKNOWN to dozens of shoppers, armed bandits carried out a daring daylight robbery of a San Fernando jewelry store and made off with over $30,000 in jewelry yesterday.

Up to late yesterday, Johnny Ramoutar, owner of Ramoutar’s Jewelry Store on High Street, was still calculating his losses. The heist took place around 11 am at the store which is located within the arcade building on Penitence Street, off High Street. At the time, four employees were on duty when two armed, masked men stormed into the store and announced a hold up. Pointing their guns at the employees, the bandits ordered them to gather several pieces of jewelry from two showcases and put them into a bag. A female cashier was also robbed of an undisclosed sum of money. During the robbery, the gunmen ripped the cord from the telephone. The bandits then ran out of the store, onto the busy High Street and escaped. Visiting the scene was a party of officers from the San Fernando CID, coordinated by Snr Supt Desmond Lambert and Supt Dyo Mohammed, headed by Insp Brereton and including Cpl Anthony Charles and PC Burke. Investigations are continuing.