To­ba­go po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing a failed ATM bur­glary in Cas­tara and are ex­plor­ing the the­o­ry that the sus­pects may have used boats to en­ter and es­cape the area.

Se­nior Su­per­in­ten­dent Earl Elie told Guardian Me­dia the at­tempt­ed rob­bery hap­pened around 3.20 am yes­ter­day.

Ac­cord­ing to po­lice, of­fi­cers re­ceived the re­port around 3.55 am and mem­bers of the Di­vi­sion­al Task Force re­spond­ed im­me­di­ate­ly. When they ar­rived, they met Amal­ga­mat­ed Se­cu­ri­ty of­fi­cers al­ready on the scene.

The se­cu­ri­ty of­fi­cers said they found the back door of the ATM build­ing ajar and smelled some­thing burn­ing. When they checked in­side, they dis­cov­ered that three locks had been torched and re­moved.

There were al­so signs that the sus­pects tried to burn through the vault but failed. No mon­ey was tak­en, and no sus­pects were found at the scene.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors be­lieve the men fled be­fore com­plet­ing the job. Po­lice are re­view­ing CCTV footage and said one the­o­ry be­ing con­sid­ered was that the sus­pects may have used boats to ac­cess the iso­lat­ed vil­lage and es­cape un­de­tect­ed.

No one was in­jured. Elie con­firmed that in­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing and urged any­one with in­for­ma­tion to come for­ward.

—Eliz­a­beth Gon­za­les