The police spokesman said three bandits, two male and a female broke into the Get Wet Beach Bar on the boardwalk and stole an empty cash register. The intruders he said entered through one of the windows of the establishment which was forced open. Leonard said shortly after the break-in someone saw the bandits leaving in a motor car and they took note of the number plates on the vehicle and notified police. Police he said began a chase and caught up with the thieves on AJC Browers Road where they managed to stop the vehicle and conducted a search. The three occupants of the vehicle two male and one female is now in police custody pending the investigations.
The second robbery incident that took place also on Thursday evening was at Happy Bar Restaurant on Union Road Cole Bay. Leonard said two masked men entered the establishment around 9:30pm wielding machetes as they threatened the patrons and proprietor of the establishment. At a given point one of the masked men jumped on top of the counter wielding his machete and stole the cash register which had in the day's sales. The police spokesman said there was about $250 inside of the cash register when it was stolen. He said the second bandit also searched the purse of one the patrons and he stole her cellular phone. After committing their act the bandits escaped through Tjo-sie Fat Road. Police searched the area but did not find the culprits.
