Sascha Wil­son

A Laven­tille man was among four sus­pects ar­rest­ed fol­low­ing a home in­va­sion in Pe­nal yes­ter­day.

The fam­i­ly, in­clud­ing a woman and three men, was tied up while the ban­dits ran­sacked the house and robbed them of sev­er­al items.

One of the vic­tims, a 36-year-old welder, was rak­ing grass in front of his home at Ram­cha­ran Trace when a red Nis­san hatch­back, stopped in front of his house.

Four oc­cu­pants ex­it­ed the ve­hi­cle and one point­ed a gun at the vic­tim as they forced him in­to his house.

The vic­tims were or­dered to lie on the ground as the sus­pects stole their cell­phones, jew­el­ry, a lap­top, mon­ey, and al­co­hol. They tied up the fam­i­ly and ran­sacked the house be­fore es­cap­ing in the hatch­back.

One of the vic­tims man­aged to free him­self and called E999. In­sp John in com­pa­ny with of­fi­cers from the Pe­nal Po­lice Sta­tion, CID, and Gang Unit along with PC Singh, PC Padil­la, and PC Boodoo, and of­fi­cers from the South­ern and Cen­tral Di­vi­sion, re­spond­ed and in­ter­cept­ed the hatch­back along Ram­cha­ran Trace, San Fran­cique. Sev­er­al items were re­cov­ered in the ve­hi­cle.

The dri­ver, a 40-year-old labour­er, of 5th Street Charles Street, Gas­par­il­lo was ar­rest­ed while an­oth­er ve­hi­cle was in­ter­cept­ed, and sev­er­al stolen items were found in the oc­cu­pants' pos­ses­sion.

The dri­ver of that car, a 30-year-old labour­er of St. Barbs Road, Laven­tille, and a 34-year-old pas­sen­ger of Car­li Bay, Cou­va, were ar­rest­ed.

Of­fi­cers of the South West­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force al­so re­spond­ed and ar­rest­ed a 35-year-old labour­er, of Sea View Dri­ve, Cap De Ville, Point Fortin, who was seen run­ning away from the ve­hi­cle. Po­lice said items were al­so found in his pos­ses­sion. They were ar­rest­ed and tak­en to the Pe­nal Po­lice Sta­tion pend­ing fur­ther en­quires. Search­es for oth­er sus­pects were un­suc­cess­ful.