Masked men arrested in Wickham’s Cay
BVI News understands that police have arrested two masked men who were seen loitering around the ATM area in Wickham’s Cay last week.
Reports indicate that officers were called to the scene last Wednesday after members of the public noticed the men suspiciously lingering near several ATMs. Upon arrival, police detained one young man, believed to be a minor, while the second suspect fled.
According to sources, a police officer gave chase, pursuing the suspect as he jumped into nearby muddy waters and attempted to swim through mangroves to evade capture. Realizing he was cornered, the young man eventually surrendered, but not before dropping an item into the polluted water and allegedly attempting to fight off the arresting officers.
Police later recovered a loaded firearm from the water, believed to have been discarded by the fleeing suspect.
Both men were taken to the Road Town Police Station, and a motorcycle reportedly used by the suspects was also seized during the operation. After several hours of questioning, the two were reportedly charged in connection with the illegal possession of a firearm and later released from custody.
The incident comes amid heightened security concerns among businesses, following an uptick in armed robberies where perpetrators have stolen cash and valuables while intimidating staff and patrons with weapons.
Investigations are ongoing.
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Banks are pushing more of its business towards the ATMs, This will attract this kind of danger. As this is the case, the banks in turn must provide armed protection at the ATM. Or the public must be allowed to carry firearms. Which one should it be?
NO! NO to armed security guards and NO to guns for citizens. Whenever banks previously provided guard services (in other countries, armed or unarmed), they were the first to get shot in a raid, so the practice has largely stopped.
Instead of escalating matters, we, the public, must assist the Police, as happened in this incident, to stop a raid before it happens. Better still, the families of these hoodlums need to stop them from going down the wrong path in the first place.
The unmasked men in the HOA been robbing our money for years but don’t get arrested.
What happened to the $100 million that clearly has not gone into our roads.
don’t forget the $400 million that did not go to Fishers or Farmers.
The $7 million that did not by an airline ticket let alone an airplane.
Th $6 million that grew not one plant in the greenhouses.
And of course the big one to come. The Billion $ airport giveaway to family and friends with no advantage to the country.
Release them??? For them to do the same thing again Next Week?!?!?!
People should be able to utilize a ATM
without the fear of being/getting robbed. I carry and if anyone try to rob me at the ATM, I am going to blast them into the next century be it man, woman or child and ask questions after the fact. Yeah lock me up. At least I will have free rent and free food for a while.