Orient Bay: -- Two gun men robbed the cashier of the Cadisco Gas Station located in Orient Bay about 11 am this morning (Tuesday). The attackers arrived at the service station on a motor cycle. A supervisor of establishment said that this is the second time in less than three months they were robbed at gun point while bandits also invaded the establishment during the month of October 2008 after closing hours.
The woman identified as Sandra E said she was not at the location at the time of the incident but confirmed a considerable amount of monies were taken. She said the robbery this morning (Tuesday) has left the victim (cashier) very traumatized. The gendarmes have confirmed the incident. They said no one was injured in the ordeal but the cashier is still shaken by what happened.
The gendarmes acted smartly after they received the call for help, they blocked off the roadways leading to French Quarter in the hope of catching the thieves. They used some 30 gendarmes in this operation. The release from the gendarmes states that they believe the suspects were caught between the trap when they collided with a gendarme vehicle. The two riders were thrown off their bikes and they proceeded to getaway on foot but during their bid to escape they dropped some of their belongings. Despite a desperate foot chase the two culprits manage to escape through the mangroves. The gendarmes said they are sure they would capture the two suspects since the items they recovered thus far has incriminated them.
While this has been the third incident in recent months, the owner of Cadisco Jean Pierre Passera Gas Station was killed during a violent robbery in 2005 in his home in Low Lands. It is understood that the elderly owner was one of the persons who were against the illegal gas tax that is being collected for road repairs. Just recently the gendarmes placed one of the owners on garde du vue after he fired a gunshot after one of his attackers.