The Per­ma­nent Sec­re­tary in the Min­istry of Trade, In­vest­ment and Tourism, and her fam­i­ly, were robbed by four sus­pects dur­ing a home in­va­sion on Thurs­day.

The 52-year-old woman ar­rived at their Cas­cade home around 7.15 pm on No­vem­ber 20 and pulled in­to the dri­ve­way when a 73-year-old male rel­a­tive and a 12-year-old child emerged from the house to help with of­fload­ing gro­ceries.

Re­ports in­di­cate the three were ac­cost­ed by four masked men, two of whom were armed with a knife and a gun, re­spec­tive­ly.

The sus­pects or­dered the vic­tims in­to the house while the el­der­ly man was struck with the gun.

The sus­pects took the wal­lets of two of the vic­tims, which in­clud­ed bank cards, iden­ti­fi­ca­tion cards, cell phones and a quan­ti­ty of cash, along with a Nin­ten­do Switch, a 75-inch JVC tele­vi­sion, as well as keys to the vic­tim’s white Sub­aru Crosstrek and the house.

Work­able fin­ger­prints were col­lect­ed at the scene.

Mean­while, At­tor­ney Gen­er­al John Je­re­mie told the Par­lia­ment yes­ter­day that the Home In­va­sion Bill would be de­bat­ed in the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives next Wednes­day, No­vem­ber 26.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing. —An­na-Lisa Paul