(PR 324/25 & PR 325/25)
Update: While investigations were underway in connection with this night’s robbery in Sliema, at around 1130hrs, the Police were informed that another robbery had taken place, this time from a shop in Tal-Balal Road, San Gwann. It turns out that two hooded men armed with a knife entered the shop and demanded money from the cashier. They then fled the scene with a red Toyota Ractis.
A few moments after the theft, while the Police were carrying out searches for the said vehicle, they noticed it being driven in Hamrun. It was stopped in Mountbatten Street, where the driver, a 42-year-old Maltese national and resident in Birzebbuga, was arrested.
Investigations revealed that in the Sliema robbery, the two robbers also used the same vehicle.
Meanwhile, further investigations led to the arrest of the second alleged thief, a 37-year-old Libyan national and residing in Sliema. He was arrested at his residence.
Magistrate Dr Joseph Mifsud LL.D was informed of the case and appointed an inquiry while Police investigations into both cases are ongoing.
Earlier: Early this morning, at around 0200hrs, the Police were informed that a robbery had taken place from a shop in Triq ix-Xatt, Sliema.
Preliminary investigations showed that two men allegedly armed with a knife entered the shop and demanded money from the cashier, a 25-year-old man from Nepal
.The men fled the scene after stealing an amount of cash and other items.
No one was injured, and the Police are searching for the two men.
Investigations are ongoing.