Philipsburg: --- A couple identified as R.M.M and M.D.M residing at Madame Estate has filed an official complaint with the Arm Robbery Unit on Friday after they were robbed under threat. Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson said according to the couple they were sitting on the steps leading to their apartment when two men of dark complexion attacked them. The couple reported that both their attackers had their faces covered with their tee shirt while one of them had a pointed object wrapped in a cloth. The attackers forced their victims inside their apartment where they ransacked and robbed them of a number of electronic equipments including a laptop and cellular phones. The Armed Robbery Unit is busy investigating.
Also on Friday, a bus driver identified as J. A reported that on Thursday evening while driving along L.B Scot Road he picked up two unknown men in the vicinity of Cake House Supermarket. The bus driver said when he reached Cannegitter Street one of the men stepped out of the bus and remained at the door while the other man who was still in the bus pulled out a knife at him in attempt to rob him. The bus driver said he retaliated by pulling at the suspects shirt. The bus driver said that at that point his attacker swung his knife at him cutting him in the forehead, after committing the act both men ran away. The driver was attended to by paramedics before taken to the St. Maarten Medical Center.
