Police are urging the public to be vigilant as they go about their business during this period leading to Christmas as bandits are employing a new tactic by bouncing vehicles so the owners would be forced to stop.
The latest victims subjected to this modus operandi were a 42-year-old woman and her 38-year-old husband, both of El Dorado, along with a pharmacy owner from Mt Hope.
The three were said to be in the vehicle silver Nissan Latio belonging to the proprietor around 11.20 pm on December 6 when the car was rear-ended by another vehicle.
The owner was reportedly heading west along the Eastern Main Road, El Dorado in the vicinity of the St Mary's Bridge when he felt a bounce to the rear of the vehicle.
As he stopped a short distance away, the trio saw two masked men in a white Nissan Tiida with partial number plates stop behind them.
Armed with guns, both men robbed the owner of TT$38,000 in cash which represented two-day sales for the popular pharmacy in Tacarigua.
They also robbed the couple of cash and valuables including an IPhone-13 cell phone valued at TT$13,000, cash of TT$5,000, as well as identification cards, bank cards and keys before driving off in the owner’s car.
Police officials yesterday said this latest tactic to bounce vehicles to force persons to stop, was not new but was again being employed by bandits during this busy season.
They urged people to exercise caution when leaving businesses and that if such an incident occurred, to drive to the nearest police station.