Philipsburg: -- The police have arrested a fifth suspect who is suspected of being part of Saturday’s armed robbery in Maho. Several police cars including the military helicopter was involved in a high speed chase in the Belair area.
Sources told this media house that police were tipped off that the suspects were hiding in the bushes next to Learning Unlimited School. Police arrested an 18-year-old young man identified as K.I from St. Lucia.
Chief Prosecutor Taco Stein said the police are busy rounding up the rest of the suspects who committed the daring armed robbery on Saturday in Maho.
Several armed bandits entered the Gold Creation Store where they held the employees up at gunpoint before hammering the glass case and stole an undisclosed amount of jewelry. The bandits were intercepted by a lone police officer. Officer Isel Doran was flagged down by a tourist who saw the robbery in process. The alerted cop turned around and as he approached the store, the bandits fired at least two shots at him. Swift acting police officers who were informed of the robbery in progress arrived on the scene minutes later. They managed to capture three of the suspects shortly after while a fourth was arrested on Sunday midday while trying to board a plane bound for the United States.