Po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing the theft of a quan­ti­ty of cash from an Ari­ma restau­rant when ban­dits blocked the path of the ve­hi­cle trans­port­ing the cash on Sat­ur­day night.

Po­lice said the dri­ver was trans­port­ing the mon­ey in a can on the Ca­roni North Bank Road, Mau­si­ca, at around 11.30 pm when ban­dits in a sil­ver car over­took the van and blocked its path.

Two ban­dits got out of the car and fired shots at the van be­fore open­ing the dri­ver's side door, grab­bing a pouch con­tain­ing g $6,003 which rep­re­sent­ed the day's sales for the restau­rant.