BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – IT seems as though sleuths of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force are making headway in the Ma Pau Casino robbery as a number of individuals are said to be in custody assisting with investigations.
Information reaching this publication states that the individuals were taken into custody sometime on Tuesday (Jan. 5) and one of them is employed at the gaming establishment.
Efforts to confirm the number of individuals in custody and also information on the alleged employee proved futile as both the police and management of the casino are tight-lipped due to the ongoing investigation.
This publication however learnt that since the robbery, one female member of staff was reportedly sent on leave.
Also reaching this publication is the fact that a certain member of staff who was present during the robbery was also an employee of the casino when it was robbed in 2010.
Shortly after 7:00 a.m. on Monday (Jan. 4), three armed bandits had stormed into the building and carted off a large amount of money from the gaming establishment.
When this publication visited the casino, it was directed to a tight-lipped supervisor who refused to comment on the incident only to say that police are investigating.
SKNVibes had however learnt that shortly before 7:30 while one of the members of staff had opened the front door to the casino, three masked men dressed in camouflage held her at gunpoint and forced their way into the building.
They reportedly tied her up and held four other employees at gunpoint before relieving some of them of their cellular phones and cash.
The bandits also carted off a large sum of US currency from the casino before making good their escape through the back door of the business entity.
This is the second time in its seven-year existence that thieves had targeted the Mau Pau Casino.
In 2010, a thief or thieves had broken into the casino between the time it was closed on Sunday, October 31 and before employees turned up for work on the following morning.
SKNVibes had learnt that a vault was forced open and an undisclosed sum of money was removed.
