Philipsburg:--- On Monday June 14th at approximately 09.15 am, police were investigating an armed robbery, which took place in the Point Blanche area. During the robbery the victim with initials O.L.M. a local businessman was robbed at gunpoint by two unknown men armed with a shotgun. The businessman was robbed of his white Suzuki Van with license plate M-9798. In the Van there were several bank deposit bags, bankbook, two briefcases and several cases of magazines.During the investigation the officers received information, that the suspects fled the scene in a black Hyundai Sonata with license plate 847ZBB971. The suspected vehicle was spotted by the patrol, driving at high speed on the W.G. Buncamper road, directly after the information came in said police spokesman Ricardo Henson.
A high speed chase by the police patrol took place and ended on the parking lot of Genevieve de Weever School in the Hope Estate. The suspects tried to escape their capture by reversing their vehicle into the patrol car. The two suspects in this vehicle with the initials D.A.H. from Saint Martin and M.R. from the Dominican Republic were arrested on the spot. During an investigation, a sawed-off shotgun and several rounds of ammunition were found in the suspected vehicle. The vehicle, fire-arm and ammunition were confiscated for further investigation. Further investigation led detectives to a third suspect with the initials R.A.M. from Jamaica who was arrested and taken into custody.