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Sunday, July 20, 2025

Police concerned about upsurge in robberies in Mayaro

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Se­nior po­lice of­fi­cers have ex­pressed con­cern about a re­cent up­surge in rob­beries in the Ma­yaro dis­trict, with four re­port­ed in just three days last week. They are ask­ing the pub­lic to as­sist with any in­for­ma­tion they may have on any of them.

Po­lice said they are look­ing for a group of men for ques­tion­ing in con­nec­tion with rob­beries at bars across the com­mu­ni­ty where cash, liquor, jew­el­ry, cell­phones and phone cards amount­ing to thou­sands of dol­lars have been tak­en from pro­pri­etors and cus­tomers.

The sus­pects are men are in their ear­ly 20s op­er­at­ing in groups of three.

Af­ter view­ing the footage from cam­eras in­stalled at the bars that were robbed at gun­point, in­ves­ti­ga­tors be­lieve that the ban­dits are not res­i­dents of Ma­yaro and en­vi­rons. The gun-tot­ing ban­dits are op­er­at­ing at nights and some bar own­ers are now clos­ing their doors ear­li­er, po­lice said.

Cus­tomers are al­so now afraid to vis­it bars.

Po­lice said in the lat­est rob­bery last week, ban­dits robbed a bar own­er of $20,000 in cash, liquor and phone cards, in ad­di­tion to rob­bing four cus­tomers of their cash, jew­ellery and cell­phones.

Po­lice con­sta­ble Sookoo of the Ma­yaro CID is con­tin­u­ing with in­quiries.


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