Police hunting for two armed robbers

~ Two attempted robbery suspects held ~

PHILIPSBURG--Police arrested two young men Monday shortly after they allegedly had participated in an attempted robbery on Front Street in the vicinity of Oranje School.

According to police spokesman Inspector Ricardo Henson, police are hunting for two other young men who committed an armed robbery at Easy Ta Chinese Restaurant on Cay Bay Road on Monday.

Henson said police patrols and detectives of the Special Robbery Unit had been directed to Easy Ta Chinese Restaurant following reports that "two unknown young men armed with a large knife and a handgun" had stormed into that establishment.

"While in the establishment the employees were threatened by the robbers. At one point during the robbery, one of the employees resisted and a shot was fired in his direction which fortunately missed him. The robbers then stole the small amount of cash from the cash register and fled the building," Henson said.

Reporting on the attempted robbery by two young men in the vicinity of Oranje School, Henson said that when police patrols arrived at the scene they had been told the two young men had run towards Back Street after the failed attempt. He said that while on Back Street the police patrol, which had been given a description of the suspects, had seen two young men who fitted the description.

"Both suspects from St Maarten with the initials S.E. and J.J.S. were arrested on the spot. During the search of one of the suspects a machete was found and confiscated. Both suspects were taken to the police station and handed over to the Special Robbery Unit. They remain in custody for further investigation," he said.

Source: http://www.thedailyherald.com/islands/1-islands-news/19997-police-hunting-for-two-armed-robbers.html

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