Four mem­bers of a Curepe fam­i­ly were tied up, robbed, and ter­rorised by armed men dur­ing a home in­va­sion in the ear­ly hours of Sun­day morn­ing.

Po­lice said three of the vic­tims of Grass Trace, Curepe, were at home asleep around 5 am, when an­oth­er fam­i­ly mem­ber ar­rived home and ex­it­ed his ve­hi­cle to open the gate.

As he did so, he was ac­cost­ed by three men dressed in dark cloth­ing, wear­ing ski masks and gloves, all armed with firearms. The man was forced in­to the house, and the rest of the fam­i­ly was forced out of their beds and tied up.

The armed men ran­sacked the house—tak­ing $12,000 in cash; two gold rings; sev­er­al cell phones; a Nin­ten­do Switch; one gold bracelet; and a pair of gold ear­rings. The ban­dits lat­er fled.

The vic­tims man­aged to free them­selves and called the po­lice af­ter alert­ing a neigh­bour. — An­na-Lisa Paul