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Police hunting armed robbery suspects

POLICE are looking for the suspects responsible for two separate armed robberies that occurred on Tuesday.

In the first incident, shortly before 9pm, a woman was standing outside of her silver coloured 1999 Honda Inspire vehicle, license plate number 269102, on Poinciana Drive, when a man armed with a handgun approached and robbed her of her vehicle before speeding off.

In the second incident, shortly after 9pm, a man armed with a handgun robbed a service station on Prince Charles Drive near Fox Hill Road of an undetermined amount of cash before fleeing in a green Honda Fit vehicle.

Police are actively investigating both incidents.

Police also said that an American man from New York was arrested after officers found drugs in his possession.

Around 3pm Tuesday, officers from the Tourism Policing Unit, acting on information, boarded a cruise ship moored at Prince George Wharf, where they arrested the man after they found a quantity of marijuana in his possession.

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