Police Investigating Armed Robbery.

Philipsburg: --- The special arms robbery unit is busy investigating an armed robbery which took place on Saturday June 12 on Cannegitter Street at the Cuchara Alegre Bar. Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson in a press release said eye witnesses told police that two men dressed in black were brandishing handguns when they entered the establishment and threatened everyone. Henson said the bandits also fired one shot while robbing the establishment of the days' sales and the customers of their wallets.
Henson said everyone cooperated with the thieves in fear of their lives. Despite the ordeal no one was injured.

In an unrelated news police is busy investigating a case they suspected to be arson. Henson said the detectives visited a man at the St. Maarten Medical Center who was nursing burn injuries. The man who has been identified as O.S.I.V told police that he was awaked by a loud noise Friday night and when he got up he saw his front door was covered in flames. The man told police he made several attempts to get out of the burning house and it was only when his neighbor broke down the door he managed to get out. The neighbor also suffered minor burn injuries. Henson said the flames were put out by bucket-brigade but the case Henson said looks more like arson compared to an accidental fire. The detectives department is busy investigating.