Thieves grabbed a pay­roll with ap­prox­i­mate­ly $30,000, be­long­ing to An­cil­lary Con­trac­tors of Rousil­lac, south Trinidad, on Thurs­day evening. Two armed men al­so robbed the con­trac­tor, Gaya Kissoon and six of his em­ploy­ees of cell­phones, cash and jew­el­ry val­ued at more than $20,000.

Ac­cord­ing to a re­port, around 12.30 pm, Kissoon, 65, and his em­ploy­ees were at their busi­ness place when two armed men en­tered and an­nounced a hold-up. Kissoon was robbed of the pay­roll, two cell­phones, one val­ued at $3,000, and the oth­er $300. Po­lice are al­so con­tin­u­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tions in­to re­ports that Low Cost Su­per­mar­ket of Munroe Road, Cunu­pia, was al­so robbed of more than $500,000 in cash and cig­a­rettes.

De­on Ali, 37, who man­ages the re­tail out­let, told the po­lice he se­cured the premis­es on May 29 and when he re­turned to work on Thurs­day, dis­cov­ered the su­per­mar­ket bro­ken in­to. He said the thieves smashed a hole in the wall to en­ter the premis­es and stole a vault, which con­tained $470,000, plus cig­a­rettes val­ued $30,000.

Rex Car Lim­it­ed, of Char­lieville, was al­so bro­ken in­to over the In­di­an Ar­rival hol­i­day. Win­ston Ram­per­sad, 53, said he se­cured the build­ing around 5.30 pm on May 29. When he re­turned on Thurs­day, he dis­cov­ered the of­fice and vault bro­ken in­to. Com­put­ers val­ued $24,000 were al­so stolen. He said the vault con­tained TT$30,000 and US$2,000 Po­lice are con­tin­u­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tions in­to the rob­beries.