St. Martin News Network

Philipsburg;---Early Thursday morning, between 01:00 and 01:30 am., it was reported a robbery at a local Guest-house on Backstreet. Three (3) armed mask men stormed into the room of two men from Equador who were staying in the guesthouse and under threat of a silver color handgun, demanded cocaine (drugs) and money. Close to $ 6000,- USD dollars and a couple of hundred guilders and other documents were among the stolen items. Apparently the bandits also had broken into another room and then escaped. The victims also heard a female voice screaming while the armed robbers were exiting the building.

Police were called to Backstreet for a stripper, on Friday afternoon, around 3:55 pm. A detective who was in the vicinity arrested the man and with the assistance of the patrol, managed to transport the suspect (an alleged bubbler, drug addict) to the police headquarters. The bubbler was not naked, was dressed in a short pants and shirt but according to eye-witnesses he was brandishing a gun in his side. During his arrest, he was very aggressive and even attacked the arresting police officers. He managed to punch one of the officers who needed medical attention and had to be subdued by the patrol. During a body search a gun was discovered. During a closer investigation it turned out the gun was a fake gun. He told officer he walked with it to scare of those bad Backstreet boys. He is arrested pending further investigation.

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