Armed ban­dits struck mul­ti­ple homes across Cen­tral Trinidad in a string of ear­ly-morn­ing in­va­sions on Tues­day, leav­ing be­hind ter­ri­fied fam­i­lies who were robbed of cash, valu­ables, and, in one case, a ve­hi­cle.

Po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing four sep­a­rate home in­va­sions re­port­ed in Tal­paro, Freeport, and Long­denville, with all in­ci­dents oc­cur­ring be­tween ap­prox­i­mate­ly mid­night and 4.45 am.

In Tal­paro, a res­i­dent along Main Road re­port­ed that af­ter se­cur­ing his home and go­ing to bed short­ly af­ter 1.30 am, he was awak­ened around 3.50 am by a loud noise. He told po­lice that three masked men, one armed with a cut­lass and an­oth­er with an ob­ject re­sem­bling a firearm, con­front­ed him and an­nounced a rob­bery. The sus­pects stole $10,000 in cash and his black Toy­ota Hilux be­fore flee­ing.