Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson said a visitor to the island filed a complaint with the detective department after he was attacked, beaten and robbed on the board walk in the vicinity of Sea Palace.
The victim who has been identified as H.S.C told police that two men of dark complexion attacked him prior to robbing him of his personal belongings. After committing the robbery the suspects fled the scene. However, during the robbery one of the suspects unknowingly dropped his passport which was confiscated by detectives for further investigation. The holder of this passport with the initials R.R.F.B. who shortly after returned to the scene was arrested by detectives and taken to the police station where he remains in custody for further investigation.
In an unrelated incident, another man identified as E.O.W. filed an official report with the Detective department stating that he was robbed of his money, cellular phone and other personal belongings by two unknown men driving in a black SUV. The victim told police that he had left work in Cole Bay on his way home in Dutch Quarter and had walked to the Kruythoff round-a-bout where shortly after he caught a ride from the driver of a black SUV. Instead of the driver of the SUV driving towards Dutch Quarter, he drove towards Link One. At that same moment, he was grabbed from behind by another person who was hidden in the car and a hard object that felt like a fire arm was pushed against the back of his head. He was taken to the dirt road behind the Learning Unlimited school where he was taken out of the vehicle, his personal belongings were taken from him and he was severely beaten. After committing this act the suspects drove away leaving the victim behind. The victim then walked to the St. Maarten Medical Centre to seek medical attention. The Special Robbery unit is busy investigating this case.