Man robbed by cutlass gang near Eastern Highway, two held

Police say that at about 2305h last night, Leon Clarke, 18 years of West La Penitence, Georgetown, was confronted by six men armed with cutlasses on a bridge in the vicinity of Eastern Highway, Sophia. The attackers took away his motor cycle and a gold chain and escaped.

A report was made to the police and ranks of a mobile patrol that responded saw two men with the motorcycle in the Sophia area. They were arrested and are in police custody. Charges will be made shortly, police said.