THREE Tobago men in their twenties wanted in connection with kidnapping a security officer and a string of robberies have been arrested and charged.
They are expected to appear before a Scarborough Magistrate on Monday.
In a release from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) on Monday, police stated that Justin Paul, 23, of Winchester Trace, Patience Hill, and Karime Carter, 24, a member of the Defence Force of Philadelphia Trace, Whim Village and La Canoe Road, Santa Cruz were charged collectively on last Friday.
They were charged with robbing a security officer of her service firearm, assaulting a security officer at a credit union with intent to rob, possession of a firearm, possession of two firearms for the purpose of trafficking, possession of ammunition, possession of a firearm to endanger life, possession of ammunition to endanger life and malicious damage to a money safe valued at $18,350.
Carter was also charged with kidnapping a security officer who was on duty at a taxi coop service station and robbing an employee of $40,000.
Keith Stewart also called Fatboy, 24 of, Church Street, Mason Hall was arrested on May 17 and subsequently charged for the offences of shop breaking and larceny of two money safes together valued at $4,650 which collectively contained $19,500, kidnapping of a security guard and falsely imprisoning a security guard.
Based on police reports the men were wanted in connection with robberies at a taxi coop service station, a credit union, and a supermarket.
