Teachers distributing ID cards robbed

Three female teachers who were distributing National Identification Cards at the Enterprise Primary School were robbed of valuables at gunpoint on Friday night and the police have since held a suspect.

Police said in a press release on Saturday that they are investigating the armed robbery which occurred around 19:10 hours at the school during which the three female teachers attached to GECOM were attacked and robbed by two men armed with a handgun and a knife.

Investigations revealed that the three victims were in the process of distributing the cards when the men entered the building and held them up before taking away a quantity of personal jewellery, three cell phones, US$100 and $9000 along with personal documents.

The men then escaped and according to the release a suspect has been arrested.