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Six men were arrested after a 68-year-old Tableland homeowner reported being beaten and threatened by intruders demanding jewellery he said he knew nothing about, according to the Trinidad Express, citing police. The report said the arrests took place early Sunday morning after officers intercepted two vehicles following the home invasion at Watts Street, along Torrib Tabaquite Road. The suspects, aged 25 to 39, were detained for questioning. Police said the homeowner was asleep in a third-floor bedroom when banging at the front door woke him around 11.15 p.m. Looking outside, he saw two men who shouted at him to open the door. He opened the back door and ran downstairs, where three more men were waiting. According to the account given to police, the intruders made the pensioner sit on a chair and took turns slapping him. They demanded a gold chain and ring that they said had been stolen from a house in Moruga. The homeowner told police he had no knowledge of the jewellery. One of the men allegedly picked up a chopper and threatened to kill him unless he returned the items. Before leaving, the suspects gave him a mobile telephone number to contact when he located them. The intruders departed in a black Honda Civic and a silver Mitsubishi Lancer parked on the roadway, the report said. The homeowner contacted police, who issued an all-points bulletin for the vehicles. Officers from the Southern Division Task Force and Princes Town Police Station responded, intercepted two vehicles and arrested six people. Police also sent the telephone number left with the homeowner to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service Cybercrime Unit. The report described the men as suspects detained for questioning and did not announce charges.
Six men were arrested after a 68-year-old Tableland homeowner reported being beaten and threatened by intruders demanding jewellery he said he knew nothing about, according to the Trinidad Express, citing police.
The report said the arrests took place early Sunday morning after officers intercepted two vehicles following the home invasion at Watts Street, along Torrib Tabaquite Road. The suspects, aged 25 to 39, were detained for questioning.
Police said the homeowner was asleep in a third-floor bedroom when banging at the front door woke him around 11.15 p.m. Looking outside, he saw two men who shouted at him to open the door. He opened the back door and ran downstairs, where three more men were waiting.
According to the account given to police, the intruders made the pensioner sit on a chair and took turns slapping him. They demanded a gold chain and ring that they said had been stolen from a house in Moruga.
The homeowner told police he had no knowledge of the jewellery. One of the men allegedly picked up a chopper and threatened to kill him unless he returned the items. Before leaving, the suspects gave him a mobile telephone number to contact when he located them.
The intruders departed in a black Honda Civic and a silver Mitsubishi Lancer parked on the roadway, the report said. The homeowner contacted police, who issued an all-points bulletin for the vehicles.
Officers from the Southern Division Task Force and Princes Town Police Station responded, intercepted two vehicles and arrested six people. Police also sent the telephone number left with the homeowner to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service Cybercrime Unit. The report described the men as suspects detained for questioning and did not announce charges.
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