Po­lice are prob­ing the thefts of four ve­hi­cles which were stolen in sep­a­rate in­ci­dents with­in the North East­ern Di­vi­sion be­tween Sun­day and Mon­day night.

In the most re­cent in­ci­dent, po­lice said a 49-year-old man was com­ing out of his white Kia Son­net in front of his Pe­tit Bourg home around 10.30 pm when he was ap­proached by two ban­dits, one of whom was armed.

The ban­dits took the keys and en­tered the ve­hi­cle, while the own­er threw a heavy piece of met­al at the car, break­ing the back wind­screen and rais­ing an alarm.

One of the ban­dits then fired sev­er­al shots at the man, miss­ing him, be­fore dri­ving off.

Of­fi­cers from the San Juan Po­lice Sta­tion were called in.

Ear­li­er on Mon­day, at 12.48 am, a 29-year-old man was sit­ting in his sil­ver Nis­san Y11 AD Wag­on on Sixth Av­enue, Barataria, when he no­ticed a man walk­ing to­wards the car.

At the same time, he saw two oth­er men ap­proach­ing from be­hind. One of the three ban­dits point­ed a gun at him and or­dered him out of the car be­fore they got in and drove off.

On Sun­day night, a San Juan man re­port­ed to po­lice that he had parked his white Nis­san Qashqai in the yard of his apart­ment com­plex on Don Miguel Road, San Juan. Hours lat­er, he awoke to find it miss­ing.

Ear­li­er that evening, around 7 pm, a dri­ver parked his grey Toy­ota Field­er Wag­on on Com­pre­hen­sive Road, Up­per Sev­enth Av­enue, Mal­ick. He dis­cov­ered it was gone the next morn­ing.

Of­fi­cers of the North East­ern Di­vi­sion vis­it­ed sev­er­al ar­eas known as “cool down” spots for stolen ve­hi­cles, but were un­able to lo­cate any of the ve­hi­cles.—Shane Su­perville