Robbery Suspects and Illegal Vendors Arrested --- Merchandize Seized and Destroyed.

Thursday, 05 January 2012 23:05 SMN NEWS TEAM

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Marigot:--- The Gendarmes have arrested three persons who were caught robbing a business establishment in Howell Center on the night of January 1st, 2012. A press release from the Gendarmerie states that the Gendarmes were in the area when the culprits were burglarizing the store. The suspects are currently awaiting their day in court.
In an unrelated case, the Gendarmes arrested another suspect who snatched a handbag from a woman who was walking in the center of Marigot. The culprit used a machete to cut the straps of the handbag before taking off. Bystanders who witnessed the robbery chased the suspect and eventually caught him. The suspect is expected to appear in court at a later date. The Gendarmes also arrested nine persons on Orient Beach for working illegally on the beach while they are also accused of selling illegal merchandize. The suspects will be summoned to court at a later date while the prosecutor ordered the destruction of the 50kg of merchandize that was seized.

Last Updated ( Friday, 06 January 2012 02:09 )

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05-01-2012 15:51 |Unregistered| sss

Nice. Bust these bastards.
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05-01-2012 16:44 |Unregistered| Good Job

Good job to the gendarmes.

These people disturb your peace on the beaches.

It is the same thing where people go around selling food, pattties and cakes, made by groups,
this is putting a strain on the business and the man that has to run a business, and kills everything.

We need such a**istance here on the dutch side.

People sell things etc, in government owned companies,
and this is wrong.
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05-01-2012 16:49 |Unregistered| mechanicman

yes we need same type policing on the dutch side....its already out of hand....
when you go on vacation do you want to be mobbed on the beaches or street with people trying to sell sell sell..

HELL NO!!
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05-01-2012 23:57 |Unregistered| Did you know

Same should happen on the Dutch Side. These illegal vendors all around the place setting up shop on the road side. Bringing their country customs to SXM. If you happen to park anywhere near their illegal so-called shop/vendor and you are not buying from them, they curse you off that you are blocking eventually buyers to park to come to them. Can you imagine. Even the government road belong to these people now. What is being done here on the Dutch side to stop this? Nothing. Even flowers, fish and you name it are being sold also on the road (tax free) (and not cheap either). You have your business (legal) and you end up being tax for these illegal vendors. I am a business owner and can hardly keep my business afloat with all the illegal activities around me that is going on. Persons come here on vacation and stay and then to have an income, sell all kind of things on the road. Who taxing them or seizing their items to be an example to others with the same intention. Noone, but I have to make my monthly payments, but how if all this is allowed by illegal vendors. For once let the controllers do their ---- job and start seizing these items from vendors on the road.
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06-01-2012 00:41 |Unregistered| Known

@Good job, I agree with you. I know a person who said that they sells pastries to the police on a daily basis. The person has no license or health certificate to sell. Yet they say they are allowed to sell these stuff inside of the police station. So why would they close down or fine other vendors who operate elsewhere, I have no idea. They may end up getting sick one by one and still have no idea what hit them.
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06-01-2012 03:47 |Unregistered| Good Job

@known

Thanks, and you are even more up to date than me, and
yes they can be paid to make them all sick, and take over
with more robberies.

But government own establishments have to show, example.

your CRIB number should be on every receipt.
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