Search on for 3 bandits involved in robbery at Tunapuna restaurant

The search is on for three bandits who robbed two people at a restaurant in Tunapuna on Wednesday.

The three bandits stormed the restaurant, D Rite Flava, on Lashley Street, Tunapuna, at around 9.20 am and beat a 47-year-old man.

They stole his cellphone, $4,800 cash and the keys to his Kia 2700 van.

The bandits then demanded a worker in the kitchen to hand over the money.
Reports state that the worker was about to take the bandits to where the money was kept when they left the kitchen and drove off in the man’s van.

An off-duty policeman, who was walking nearby, heard the commotion as saw the bandits making their escape.
When one of the suspects pointed a gun at him, the office used his police-issued pistol to return fire.

However, no one was hit and the bandits escaped.
The stolen van was later found abandoned on the Eastern Main Road in Tacarigua.