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BANDITS took over $340,000 in jewellery and gold following an armed robbery of a Princes Town jewellery shop on December 18.
The 31-year-old sales clerk told police she was at the Maingot Road, St Julien Road, jewellery store around 9 am when two armed men entered and announced a robbery. She said one of the men slapped her several times, then tied her hands and feet. The men went on to steal several pieces of jewellery, totalling just over $342,000. The stolen items include a gold bera valued at over $50,000, gold earrings, diamond rings and 80 grammes of scrap gold.
They then escaped in a black Nissan Tiida along the Naparima Mayaro Road. Officers of the Princes Town Criminal Investigations Department are investigating.
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