Sascha Wil­son

Po­lice have re­cov­ered two guns used in an at­tempt­ed rob­bery at a bar in Siparia on Sun­day. Two sus­pects were al­so ar­rest­ed and charged with a se­ries of of­fences aris­ing out of the in­ci­dent. They are ex­pect­ed to ap­pear in the Siparia Mag­is­trates' Court to­day. Po­lice said around 5.55 pm last Sun­day, three men, two armed with guns, at­tempt­ed to rob sev­er­al pa­trons at a bar on Quinam Road, Mendez Vil­lage.

Dur­ing a strug­gle with two pa­trons, one of the sus­pects fired a shot. No one was in­jured. The men then fled in a gold-coloured Almera which was in­ter­cept­ed by the po­lice about a mile and half from the crime scene. On­ly two oc­cu­pants were in the car-a 23-year-old labour­er of Princes Town and a 25-year-old labour­er of In­di­an Walk. The men were de­tained at Siparia CID.

The day af­ter, Cpl Shel­don Al­backs­ingh, Cpl Bri­an Ram­s­ingh, Cpl Solomon and a par­ty of of­fi­cers re­turned to the area. In the bush­es, they found the guns used in the rob­bery-a 9 mm pis­tol with four rounds of am­mu­ni­tion and a .45 re­volver with four rounds of am­mu­ni­tion and one spent shell.

Po­lice said the men, who had pre­vi­ous con­vic­tions for firearm-re­lat­ed of­fences, were iden­ti­fied at an iden­ti­fi­ca­tion pa­rade. They were charged with at­tempt­ed rob­bery, shoot­ing with in­tent, pos­ses­sion of arms and am­mu­ni­tion, pos­ses­sion of arms and am­mu­ni­tion to en­dan­ger life, and dis­charg­ing a firearm. The ex­er­cise was co-or­di­nat­ed by act­ing Supt Ram­lal, In­sp Seedarie and in­clud­ed of­fi­cers from Siparia CID, South West­ern Task Force, Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Op­er­a­tions Cen­tre and the Ca­nine Unit.