A masked man armed with a gun held up a restaurant in East End on Monday evening, police said.
The robbery at the restaurant on the Queen’s Highway occurred shortly before 7pm.
Police said it was reported that a masked man entered the premises, brandished a firearm and demanded cash from workers.
He then fled the scene with a quantity of cash.
The suspect is described as about 5 feet, 10 inches in height, of light complexion, and dressed all in black, with black pants, shoes, gloves and a mask.
The man was reported to have left in a silver sedan.
Bodden Town CID is investigating the case. Anyone with any information is asked to contact 947-2220. Anonymous tips also can be provided via the RCIPS confidential tip line at 949-7777, or via its website.
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This sort of news used to never appear. Then once or twice a year.
Now it seems to be almost every week.
How can we continue to claim to have low crime?
Are these crimes committed by a handful of individuals, as I suspect?
A massive reward must be offered by the government and this stamped out.
Or kiss goodbye to our tourism industry as we’ll be no different to any other Caribbean island.
We have been shocked to hear all the news of armed robberies…GC used to be an island of no violence or handguns. The more these stories appear, the more we second guess our future trip. It is unfortunate the island’s strict lockdown may have given people more reason to be desperate for money, as their incomes were obliterated by lack of tourism.