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Spate of armed robberies

POLICE are looking for the suspects behind five separate armed robberies that occurred over the weekend.

In the first incident, shortly after 3pm Friday, two employees were at a business at the Airport Industrial Park when two men, one with a handgun, entered and stole cash along with personal items.

Then, shortly before 9pm Friday, a man had just arrived at his home on Hamster Road when two men, one with a handgun, robbed him of his white Honda Accord, licence plate AH0503.

The other three incidents were car robberies that occurred around 3am on Saturday.

Police said a man had just arrived at his Pyfrom Road home when three men with handguns approached and robbed him of his blue 2013 Honda Civic, licence plate AC9702.

Another man was driving his black 2006 Honda Accord on West Bay Street in the area of Gambier, when the occupants of a white Ford Taurus forced him to stop.

The men, who had handguns, stole his car.

The final incident occurred when a man and a woman were driving a red 2014 Kia Sportage, licence plate AC9643, on Fox Hill Road when they stopped to remove a tyre that was in the middle of the road.

Police said the occupants of a black Honda Accord approached and two men with handguns got out of their car and robbed the other two of their Kia Sportage.

Investigations continue.

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