Amid re­peat­ed calls for the pub­lic to avoid meet­ing strangers in un­fa­mil­iar neigh­bour­hoods for fi­nan­cial trans­ac­tions, Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro is again urg­ing ven­dors and po­ten­tial cus­tomers to be mind­ful of the tricks crim­i­nals use to iden­ti­fy and tar­get vic­tims.

Gue­var­ro’s warn­ing comes one day af­ter a 25-year-old Ma­yaro man was robbed of cash, jew­ellery and elec­tron­ics when he vis­it­ed Laven­tille to sell items or­dered by peo­ple he met through Face­book Mar­ket­place.

Po­lice said the man went to Plai­sance Ter­race short­ly be­fore mid­day on Mon­day to meet the sup­posed cus­tomers when he was con­front­ed by three ban­dits. The as­sailants stole his gold chain, eight HY300 movie pro­jec­tors, his Ap­ple iPhone 14 Pro Max, a gold watch and $7,000 in cash.