Philipsburg: -- The police department has received a number of reports on petit crime over the weekend and late last week confirmed police spokesman Johan Janchi Leonard. The police spokesman said the department is presently investigating two cases where handbags have been snatched on different occasions. The first incident he said occurred on Thursday evening near Casino Royale.
The police spokesman said a 55 year old Canadian woman told police that she had just exited the casino and was about to enter her car which was parked on Rhine Road when a man attacked her and snatched her handbag. The woman had visible marks on her arm and knee when she engaged in a struggle to guard her bag. Leonard said inside the bag was $1000, and other personal items.
Police is also investigating another case where a Jamaican national reported that her handbag was snatched while she was walking on Back Street on Friday. The 33-year-old woman told police that she had $400 plus an airline ticket to and from Jamaica along with other personal items in the bag.
Police is also investigating an armed robbery, which took place at Western Union on Welfare Road Cole Bay. Leonard said two masked and armed men entered the establishment on Saturday morning brandishing handguns as they approach the cashiers. The police spokesman said luckily the cashiers operating at that establishment was behind a bulletproof glass and the attackers was not able to reach their target even though the made several attempts. However, after failing to rob the cashiers the bandits turned to a customer who was inside the building at the time and robbed them of $400. After committing the act, the bandits escaped from behind the building.