The police this afternoon said that a Mon Repos fisherman and two of his crew were robbed last night by pirates about 30 miles off the Mahaicony foreshore.
Police said that around 8 pm, fisherman Vijai Persaud, 30 years of Mon Repos North, ECD, and his two crew members were attacked and robbed by three men, two of whom were armed with firearms.
“Investigations so far revealed that Vijai Persaud and the two other fishermen were in their boat in the Atlantic Ocean, about 30 miles off the Mahaicony Foreshore, when a boat with the three perpetrators came up alongside. They were held at gunpoint and robbed of a total of three cell phones, a quantity of jewellery, and $20,000 by the men”, the release said.
The armed men then took the victims close to the Mahaica Foreshore where they were put off and then fled with both vessels.
