Feb 7, 2010
Female Robbers Captured
Two of three female robbers were reportedly caught red-handed while plundering a pharmacy in Discovery Bay, St. Ann, on Friday (February 5). According to reports, the women were observed taking items off the pharmacy shelf and loading them into a bag, and then they attempted to leave the store without paying Two were held, and handed over to the police, while the third managed to escape in a waiting car.
According to reports, the three women are believed to be the perpetrators of numeroues robberies of bars, roadside jerk spots and shops across the island, using a Toyota motor car as their getaway vehicle. In one particular incident, which happened just outside Old Harbour in St. Catherine, it is alleged that the women ordered jerked pork, and when the barmaid went to fill the order, they robbed the till of an undetermined sum of money and also stole two quarts of Hennessy.
The police are still searching for the third robbery, while her two cronies will appear in the St. Ann’s Bay Criminal Court some time this week.