(PR 465/25 & PR 469/25)
Update: Over the past hours, investigations have intensified in connection with the theft from a grocery store in Xaghra, Gozo.
These led the Police to arrest the other person who was allegedly involved in the robbery. The man, a 49-year-old Maltese national who lives in Cospicua, was arrested today afternoon from an apartment in Xaghra. The vehicle which was used in the same crime and which was reported stolen, was also found abandoned in Xaghra itself.
The man arrested yesterday is a 47-year-old Italian national who lives in St Paul’s Bay.
Earlier: The Police are investigating a theft last night from a shop in Xaghra, Gozo.
It was at around 2000hrs, when the Police were informed that their assistance was needed in 8 September Avenue, Xaghra, as a person, allegedly armed with a firearm, entered a grocery store.
Preliminary investigations showed that the alleged thief went on site with a car, entered the shop, pointed the weapon in the direction of the cashier, grabbed the cash drawer and then fled the scene with an amount of cash with the same vehicle, in which there were probably accomplices. It resulted from further investigations that this car had been stolen some time before from Xewkija.
While a search for the alleged thieves was underway, the Police received information that one of them was in Mgarr Harbour. Police immediately went on site and arrested the man, who was about to try and escape to Malta.
No one was injured in this case, with the Police carrying out investigations and a search for the other person who was allegedly involved in the robbery. Magistrate Dr Simone Grech LL. D was informed of the case and appointed an inquiry.