Church's Chicken robbed, getaway car found

Police are probing the robbery of a Church's Chicken restaurant in downtown Port of Spain early on Sunday morning.

Officers of the Port of Spain Task Force received a report of a robbery at the restaurant, at the corner of Independence Square and Henry Street, at around 4.30 am.

When they got there they were told the thieves had got into a white Nissan AD Wagon, seen driving east.

They found a car matching the description of the getaway car in the St Paul Street housing development , east Port of Spain, minutes later.

Investigators said the ignition of the car appeared to have been tampered with. Further enquiries revealed that the licence plate was registered to a Nissan Tiida in Tacarigua.

Police believe the thieves stole $8,000 from the restaurant.

Central Police Station CID are continuing enquiries.