Tyrone Reid, Staff Reporter
THE HIJACKING of trucks transporting goods is fast becoming the preferred route for criminals during the run-up to the Christmas season, the police are reporting.
Red Stripe is the third company in the past week to have been victimised. Noel Dacosta, the company's senior executive, confirmed yesterday that a Red Stripe truck was ambushed in the vicinity of Grange Hill, Westmoreland at approximately 7:30 p.m.
"Yesterday (Tuesday), in the Grange Hill area en route to Little London one of our trucks was held up at gunpoint," he said.
NOBODY WAS HURT
He added that while nobody was hurt during the heist, the armed bandits made off with $69,000. Mr. DaCosta said that details were still sketchy but noted that at least two men were involved in the robbery.
They are still at large but the Little London police are probing the matter.
Two robberies of a similar nature took place last week Wednesday morning along Spanish Town Road in close proximity to Riverton City. As a result, the police have intensified their surveillance of the area. "One of the things that we have done is to tell them ( the private sector) that whenever a truck is going out they should call the Hunts Bay Police and inform us of the departure time," Divisional Detective Inspector, Altemorth Parro Campbell, told The Gleaner yesterday.
The Hunts Bay police have full responsibility for the industrial zone in the Marcus Garvey Drive and Spanish Town Road areas.
