Po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing a vi­o­lent rob­bery at the home of a cus­toms of­fi­cer who was beat­en and robbed of US$10,000 dur­ing the ear­ly hours of Wednes­day morn­ing.

The 37-year-old vic­tim and his 34-year-old wife, a qual­i­ty man­ag­er, told po­lice they were asleep at their home in Cen­tral Trinidad, when around 3.30 am they were awok­en by nois­es.

They were then ac­cost­ed by three masked men, all armed with firearms, who tied them up in their bed­room.

Dur­ing the or­deal, the ban­dits struck the cus­toms of­fi­cer re­peat­ed­ly with a crow­bar, then ran­sacked the home.

They stole a quan­ti­ty of jew­ellery, US$10,000, a quan­ti­ty of T&T cur­ren­cy and three phones.

The as­sailants es­caped in the cus­toms of­fi­cer's black Toy­ota Yaris val­ued at $180,000.

Freeport Po­lice is in­ves­ti­gat­ing the mat­ter.