Hope Estate:--- Residents of Hope Estate are beginning to express fear of their community even though the new housing area is fully lighted. On Friday morning, a resident of one of homes woke up to find their jeep, a grey Suzuki Vitara almost fully stripped.The door of the vehicle was completely torn off with broken glass inside on the seats while the hood of the vehicle was forced open and parts of the engine were also removed. The entire steering system was also removed from inside the vehicle. Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson confirmed that the robbery took place late Thursday night. However, he said the detective department has not filed their report as yet.
In the meantime, Henson also confirmed that two armed robberies were committed in the Ebenezer and Cole Bay area Thursday night. Henson said that a Toyota Yaris was used to transport monies that were stolen from one of the lottery agents. Police, he said confiscated the vehicle as they continue their investigation. The other robbery Henson said was committed at a Supermarket in Cole Bay area. The two robberies he said were committed during the same time period and that already gave police an indication that the robberies were not committed by the same suspects. The police spokesman said that he did not receive the report from the detective department up to Friday evening and as such he could not release more information on the three incidents of robberies.