Gunmen rob Block 11 sports bar

Two men posing as customers at a popular bar at Santa Flora, yesterday made off with an undisclosed sum of cash after they tied up the owner.

Police said, at about 1.30 pm yesterday, two men walked in to Block 11 sports bar at SS Erin Road. The business is divided into two sections - one houses gaming machines and the other a bar. The men first entered the gaming section where each pulled out a gun. They ordered the female attendant to hand over cash.

They went to the other section where they tied up the owner and robbed her of cash before running off. PCs Morris, Aguilera, Ramkhelawan, Cyrus and other members of the South-Western Division Task Force visited the scene and searched the area for the men.