Tag: mugging
Suspect in March street muggings charged
(CNS): A 27-year-old man from George Town has been charged with two counts of robbery and possession of an imitation firearm with intent in connection with two muggings that happened more than four months ago in George Town. The man is accused of two separate street robberies that took place in the early morning hours […]
Man robbed at gunpoint on George Town street
(CNS): Police are investigating an armed robbery in George Town early Monday morning. The victim had left a residence on Martin Drive at around 4am when he was approached by a man he did not know who was brandishing a firearm. The robber demanded cash from the victim and then fled with an undisclosed quantity […]
Jewellery mugger strikes twice in George Town
(CNS): Two men were robbed of their jewellery at gunpoint in George Town early Tuesday morning in two separate incidents within about ten minutes of each other. The police believe that both the victims were mugged by the same culprit, described as a man with a slim build and brown complexion.
Woman robbed at gun point on GT street
(CNS): Police are investigating a report of a street robbery in George Town that took place early Monday morning involving two masked men, one of whom was brandishing a firearm. The victim, who made the report on Monday evening, said she was at the junction of Shedden Road and Eastern Avenue at around 5.50am when […]
Woman robbed by masked armed men
(CNS): A woman was robbed of an undisclosed quantity of cash after parking at an address on Palm Dale Avenue in George Town on Friday night. Police did not confirm if the house was the victim’s own home, but after she arrived at the location a small car pulled in behind her. Two masked men […]
Cops seek witnesses to armed mugging in GT
(CNS): Police are urging anyone with information about a street robbery on Smith Road, George Town, last week to come forward in yet another crime involving firearms. The mugging happened just west of Huldah Avenue at around 2:50am on Thursday, 8 July, when a man who was standing on the roadside just across from Tropical […]
Woman robbed by gunmen in West Bay
(CNS): A woman, who is understood to be pregnant, was robbed by two men, one of them armed with a gun, on Town Hall Road in West Bay Tuesday night. The incident happened around 10pm but police did not confirm the incident or release the descriptions until late Wednesday afternoon, despite media requests. The two […]
Man mugged by gang on George Town street
(CNS): An elderly man was taken to hospital by police early Monday morning when he turned up at the George Town Police Station after falling victim to a street mugging. The man told officers that he had been assaulted and robbed by multiple men as he was walking in the Shedden Road area at around […]
Food delivery driver mugged
(CNS): Police are on the lookout for a suspected robber after a woman conducting what was believed to be a food delivery on Wednesday evening was struck in the face and robbed of cash and other personal items. The violent attack happened at about 6pm at an apartment complex south of Piper Way off the […]
Man dodges muggers in George Town
(CNS): Police are investigating a report of an attempted street robbery at around 10:15pm yesterday after a man evaded muggers by running into a medical facility located off Smith Road, near Maple Road. The man was leaving the medical office when the suspects approached him and demanded that he hand over his wallet. Instead he […]
Man mugged by machete-wielding duo
(CNS): Police are on the hunt for two men who mugged a victim on Sunday, with their faces covered and armed with a machete, in another daylight robbery in George Town. The two suspects approached a man on Eastern Avenue near Watlers Drive at around 3pm yesterday and demanded cash, as one of them brandished […]
