Thieves mobbed, getaway car set ablaze in St Elizabeth

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Four alleged thieves are now in police custody after they were mobbed by residents and their getaway vehicle set ablaze in Abraham district near Santa Cruz Wednesday morning.

Preliminary reports are that about 5:00 am residents heard a rattling sound coming from a shop and bar and raised an alarm.

Sources say when residents went to investigate the noise, they reportedly caught two men breaking into the establishment. The men were reportedly targeting poker boxes when they were cornered by residents and mobbed.