Cutlass-wielding bandits rob Point Fortin supermarket

South Western Division police are searching for three cutlass-wielding bandits and an unarmed accomplice who robbed a Chinese supermarket in Point Fortin on Sunday night.

A report said shortly before 8 pm, a man pretending to be a customer walked into the supermarket at Main Field Road, near the Point Fortin/San Fernando taxi stand.

He stood at the entrance signalling to someone in the supermarket, while also looking around and talking and texting on a cellphone.

Video footage circulating on social media shows three barefoot men, each with a cutlass, walking past the unarmed accomplice. Hitting a counter with the cutlass, they announced a robbery while customers were cashing their items. The bandits were wearing masks and hoodies and some customers quickly walked out.

One of the bandits took the drawer from the cash register, Another jumped over a counter and took two bottles of Hennessy, a bottle of Baileys and other items from nearby shelves. The three then left with an undisclosed sum of money.

While outside, they spoke briefly with the accomplice before running off in different directions.

Police said the supermarket opened around late November.

Point Fortin police are investigating.

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