THIEF JAILED FOR ASSAULTING AMERICAN TOURIST.

MARIGOT- A 21-year-old-man was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday in Guadeloupe, with one year suspended, for the armed robbery and assault of an American tourist couple in Grand Case on October 30 at 8:10pm. The tourists were accosted and the lady's handbag stolen.
Detectives linking the accused to the incident found drugs and a firearm at his home.
On Thursday two individuals aged between 19 and 21 years were transferred to Guadeloupe following an early morning raid on a house in St. Barths, part of an operation by judiciary police to dismantle a drug ring. A significant amount of cannabis, cocaine, and ecstasy, as well as cash money, was discovered on the premises.