An­na-Lisa Paul

Se­nior Re­porter

an­na-lisa.paul@guardian.co.tt

A couri­er dri­ver was robbed at gun­point as he sat in his car and wait­ed on his girl­friend out­side her house in Freeport on Sun­day night.

Po­lice said the 28-year-old Cou­va man was ac­cost­ed by four men—two of whom were armed with firearms—around 10.54 pm.

The vic­tim had been seat­ed in his car at Cal­cut­ta Road Num­ber 1 when the sus­pects ap­proached him and an­nounced a rob­bery. The man had been parked in the garage of the apart­ment com­plex, wait­ing on the woman to come out.

How­ev­er, the vic­tim strug­gled with the armed men and a sin­gle gun­shot was heard.

The sus­pects beat the vic­tim be­fore rob­bing him of an Ap­ple iPhone 13 Pro Max val­ued at $4,500 and $2,200 in cash.

Ef­forts to steal the vic­tim’s car proved fu­tile and the sus­pects lat­er fled in a white wag­on, which had been wait­ing near­by.

The vic­tim’s girl­friend called the po­lice and of­fi­cers from the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion re­spond­ed.