Eight charged for robbery of City workers

Port-of-Spain: Police have arrested eight men for the robbery of Port-of-Spain City Corporation workers, last week, while the crew was attempting to fix Augustine Road, which had collapsed.

The incident in which the crew was robbed grabbed headlines and exposed the unsafe environment in which work crews find themselves.

Works and Infrastructure Minister Jack Warner condemned the incident but on Sunday night into this morning officers of the Port of Spain Division including Inspector Sahadeo Singh, conducted an exercise in the Belmont and Besson Street area, where a total of 29 people were hled, eight of them for the robbery of the crew.

The men are expected to be placed on ID parade in connection with a series of robberies and shootings in the area.