Inside job suspected as guard robbed of $15,000

[admin]

AN off-duty security officer was robbed of $15,000 in cash when he boarded a taxi in Arouca yesterday.

And Arouca police are currently investigating the possible role a bank teller may have played in planning the robbery.

Reports are 27-year-old MTS security officer Emrie Stewart was a passenger in a taxi on his way home when he was robbed of his bag.

In that bag Stewart had $15,000 cash he intended to use to purchase a car.

Stewart had taken a loan from his credit union and received a manager's cheque for the money.

And he went to the Trincity Mall branch of a commercial bank to cash the cheque.

This was done and Stewart received the $15,000 in cash which he hid in his bag.

He then travelled to Five Rivers Junction to get a car to reach to his Victory Heights home. But this is when the unthinkable happened.

While Stewart was in the taxi another passenger flagged down the car a little further along the way, before grabbing Stewart's bag and running toward a waiting car.

And this is what has the police puzzled. Officers are investigating whether Stewart's robbery was an inside job because only Stewart and his bag were targeted.

This robbery comes on the heels of other robberies in recent months where persons who just left the commercial bank with large amounts of money.

 

[Resha]

Can't even trust the bank people who have we own money...... They shouda say what bank it was!!!!
Shame on the employer's who could not see throught their own employee's....

 

[LadyDeath]

Omg i feel the bank people have something to do with this.bcuz who else wud know how much money he had or if he had and was coming to deposit it...that employer should fire him/her

 

[admin]

If you really notice alot of people (business people) we withdraw large sums of money form the bank gets kidnap or robbed, how do the criminals know about this don't you not know alot of the tellers in banks are criminals them selves they send out info to the criminals who to rob and kidnap. REMEMBER they have access to you accounts like to see how much money you have and thing, so think about that

 

[RauCous]

We need like a secret service to track down the serial numbers on the bills. Maybe they'll leave a paper trail.. I'm sure that money wont be traced if the theives get away. I hope the man, if he really is a victim, isn't liable for the money lost.. that not right.

 

[Resha]

Tracking the serial numbers on the bill..... Do we have that kinda investigation done here in T&T? It will really help in alot of criminal activities .....