DATE: 2022-12-18 03:00
LOCATION: Saint Lucia – Pitons
EVENT: Assault
HAND: 2
STOLEN ITEMS: Mobile phones (other : unknown, to be updated)
SECURED: N/A
DETAILS: PRELIMINARY REPORT : At 0300HRS a charter catamaran on a SMMA park mooring at Pitons was boarded by six(6) men armed with machetes and robbed of cellphones , plus other items tbd. It is not known if there were any injuries. A report was made to the SMMA park rangers. Further details expected when the charter returns to its base on Monday, December 19.
CSSN UPDATE : 19 December – The charter company has refused to provide any details or contact information for the victims. If you are a victim, please complete the CSSN online incident report so that others can understand the facts about what did/did not occur.
This is the 5th reported violent incident in the Soufriere/Pitons area in the last 5 months, see CSSN incidents 2894, 2897, 2876 and 2848.
Patrols are reported to have been recently put in place, but were clearly not an effective deterrent in this latest case.
ID: 2943