Detectives of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force are investigating two incidents of Robbery that occurred last night (Wednesday 17th May 2017), on Providenciales.
The first incident reported at 8:54PM, Officers responded to the Scotia Bank on the Leeward Highway where the victim was met. He told officers that while inside of the bank using the ATM, a tall male with dread locks entered the bank and took his undisclosed amount of cash that came out of the machine. He stated that the male fired a shot at him before making off in a four door car with no licence plate. No one was injured.
The second report was made at 9:23AM, the victim reported that he was driving his Silver Nissan Serena Van out of the Catholic Church located on the Walter Cox Drive in Kew Town, when a white car with no licence plate pulled in front of him and blocked his vehicle. Two tall, unknown and unmasked males exited the white car brandishing long firearms each and pointed at him. They pulled him out of his van and took his wallet before making off with his van, leaving the white car. Upon reaching on scene, officers observed that the white car is a Toyota Mark X that was reported stolen since May 12th 2017 and suspect that it is the same vehicle that was used in the Robbery earlier at Scotia Bank.
No arrest has been made and the Silver Nissan Serena Van is still missing, License Plate is unknown at this time. Investigations are ongoing.
If this van is seen, or you have any information that can assist with the investigations of both incidence, please contact the police immediately at 338-5901 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-TIPS.