A con­struc­tion work­er has been charged with rob­bing a Chi­nese su­per­mar­ket and he is ex­pectd to ap­pear in the Spi­aria Mag­is­trates’ Court to an­swer re­lat­ed charges.

Po­lice said they are look­ing for an­oth­er sus­pect.

Mosi Al­fred, 23, of Sewlal Trace, Pep­per Vil­lage, Fyz­abad, was ar­rest­ed on Wednes­day and charged by PC Jaglal of the Oropouche Crim­i­nal In­ves­ti­ga­tions De­part­ment (CID).

The charge arose out of a re­port of rob­bery with ag­gra­va­tion which oc­curred at 6.20 pm on Mon­day at a Chi­nese su­per­mar­ket lo­cat­ed on the South­ern Main Road, Dow Vil­lage, South Oropouche.

Ac­cord­ing to re­ports, two men en­tered the busi­ness place, one armed

with a gun, and robbed an em­ploy­ee of cash which rep­re­sent­ed the day’s sales.

The po­lice were con­tact­ed and of­fi­cers at­tached to the Oropouche Po­lice Sta­tion re­spond­ed.

An in­ves­ti­ga­tion, led by PC Jaglal, re­sult­ed in the ar­rest of Al­fred who was lat­er charged with rob­bery with ag­gra­va­tion.