Three men have been ar­rest­ed in con­nec­tion with the rob­bery which took place at the Suarez Broth­ers Cir­cus at En­deav­our Av­enue, Ch­agua­nas, on Tues­day 29 Oc­to­ber 2024, ac­cord­ing to po­lice re­ports.

A re­lease from the Po­lice Ser­vice cred­its an in­tel­li­gence-led op­er­a­tion con­duct­ed yes­ter­day be­tween 6:15 pm and 10:15 pm, in the Ch­agua­nas dis­trict, with the ar­rests.

Dur­ing the ex­er­cise, of­fi­cers of the Ch­agua­nas Crim­i­nal In­ves­ti­ga­tions De­part­ment ar­rest­ed three male sus­pects, ages 20 to 32 years of Clax­ton Bay, in con­nec­tion with the in­ci­dent.

On Oc­to­ber 29 at 8:10 pm, Ruben Suarez, along with oth­er em­ploy­ees, was at the cir­cus site along En­deav­our Av­enue, Ch­agua­nas, when four gun­men in a white Nis­san B15 drove in and be­gan shoot­ing.

The cir­cus had held its last show on Sun­day and was al­ready packed and await­ing trans­port to leave the coun­try for Ja­maica.

Po­lice said Suarez was about to pay em­ploy­ees when the gun­men robbed him of his pass­port and oth­er per­son­al doc­u­ments and some $30,000 in cash. Two em­ploy­ees were robbed of $2,800 in to­tal.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions con­tin­ue.