Cambio robbed of $5 million

By Garwin Davis, Staff Reporter

WESTERN BUREAU:

FOUR GUNMEN yesterday stole some $5 million from the Dehring, Bunting and Golding cambio in Ocho Rios, the fourth time in less than a year that cambio dealers in the resort town have been hit.

The Ocho Rios police said that about 10 a.m., the four men went into the cambio pretending to want foreign exchange to buy. While two held the attention of the cashiers, the others disarmed the security guards and robbed the cambio, staff members and customers, making off with US$57,000 and J$2 million.

Gary Sinclair, chief operating officer of DB&G, said the experience was "very traumatising" for his staff and he closed the cambio early yesterday. He promised tighter security in all the offices today.

The police had been reporting that crime in Ocho Rios has been reduced by nearly 30 per cent over the last four months and are treating this robbery as an isolated incident.

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