An­na Lisa Paul

A ban­dit robbed the NP Gas Sta­tion on West­ern Main Road, Care­nage, of near­ly TT $30,000 on Sun­day af­ter over­pow­er­ing the pro­pri­etress and flee­ing with a cash bag.

The in­ci­dent oc­curred around 6 a.m. on March 16, when the 39-year-old woman from El Do­ra­do ex­it­ed the booth to check the gas pumps be­fore a shift change.

Re­ports in­di­cate the 37-year-old sus­pect from Haig Street, Care­nage, had been sit­ting on a sign near one of the pumps.

The woman re­port­ed­ly greet­ed the sus­pect, as she was ac­cus­tomed, be­fore pro­ceed­ing with her checks.

As she re-en­tered the booth, the armed sus­pect al­leged­ly forced his way in be­hind her and de­mand­ed the cash.

When she re­sist­ed and fought back, the man beat her be­fore push­ing her to the ground and grab­bing the cash bag, which con­tained TT $28,069.

As the sus­pect fled, the woman raised an alarm. Emer­gency re­spon­ders lat­er took her to the St James Med­ical Com­plex for treat­ment.

Po­lice ob­tained CCTV footage from near­by busi­ness­es and homes as part of their in­ves­ti­ga­tion.