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Robbers Pretending To Be Cops
posted (March 12, 2019)
Over the long weekend, thieves once again preyed on the PUMA Gas station at mile 1.5 on the Northern Highway. On Sunday evening, thieves dressed as cops robbed the place. Police told us more:..

ASP Alejandro Cowo, O.C., C.I.B., Belize City
"On Sunday 10th March, 2019, just minutes before 5pm, the PUMA Gas Station which is located at mile 1.5 Phillip Goldson Highway was held up at gunpoint by 2 male persons who apparently were dressed in police uniform. The uniform pants resemble a police pants, but it does not all the specifications of a police pants and they entered and they demanded to speak to the manager of the gas station which they forge themselves inside of the office and thereafter they opened the safe and they took an undisclosed amount of cash and also the DVR equipment."

Reporter
"How did they open the safe?"

ASP Alejandro Cowo
"The manager was in there."

Reporter
"Was it determine how they fled the scene?"

ASP Alejandro Cowo
"They ran from the gas station towards Coney Drive with the DVR."

No arrests have been made.

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