POLICE FOIL POTENTIAL ARMED ROBBERIES, TWO MEN
INCLUDING A PROLIFIC ARMED ROBBER IN CU
Nassau, Bahamas - Consistent with the Commissioner’s Policing Priorities for 2016, alert police officers on patrol on Friday 2nd
December 2016, arrested two men and seized a handgun, potentially foiling several armed robberies from
occurring.
Reports are that shortly after 10:00am, police received a report of two suspicious men driving in a Honda
Odyssey vehicle on Carmichael Road, who were planning to rob several businesses in that area. Moment’s
later Mobile Division officers spotted the two suspects driving in the Honda vehicle in the Golden Gates
Shopping Center. The suspects on seeing the officers threw a handgun out of the vehicle and sped
off. After a short chase the officers brought the vehicle to a stop and arrested the two suspects. A .40 pistol
with 10 live rounds of ammunition was recovered. Police also discovered that the Honda vehicle was
recently stolen.
Police can confirm that one of the suspects is a prolific armed robber who is on bail for multiple
armed robberies.
POLICE SEIZE THREE FIREARMS IN SEPARATE
INCIDENTS
Consistent with the Commissioner’s Policing Priorities for 2016, police seized three more illegal firearms off
the streets of New Providence in separate incidents.
In the first incident, shortly before 3:00pm on Friday 2nd December 2016, Selective Enforcement Unit
officers acting on information went to a park located in Jubilee Gardens, where they uncovered a Glock
Pistol with 6 rounds of ammunition and a quantity of marijuana hidden in a plastic bag.
In the second incident, shortly before 3:00am on Saturday 3rd December 2016, Selective Enforcement Unit
officers acting on information conducted a search of a derelict vehicle parked in a vacant lot on Maple
Street, Pinewood Gardens, where they uncovered two pistols along with 7 rounds of ammunition.
No one was arrested in these incidents. Investigations are ongoing.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT ANYONE ENGAGING IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, NO MATTER
HOW SMALL OR INSIGNIFICANT (THE TIP) MAY SEEM, IS URGED TO ANONYMOUSLY CONTACT
THE POLICE AT 919 OR CRIME STOPPERS AT 328-TIPS (8477) (NEW PROVIDENCE) OR 1-242-300-
8476 (FAMILY ISLANDS)
