Police hunt for fifth suspect in Distill outlet robbery

Police hunt for fifth suspect in Distill outlet robbery

By Vijay Narayan and Ronal Deo
Monday 25/05/2015
Uate Baleiono

Police are still hunting for the fifth suspect in relation to an incident where Police Commissioner Ben Groenewald received superficial wounds while trying to stop a robbery at the Distill outlet in Flagstaff last Thursday.

Members of the public have been urged to assist in locating Uate Baleiono.

Police have laid charges against four people in their 20s.

They have been charged with six counts of aggravated robbery, one count of theft of a motor vehicle and one count of the act with intent to cause grievous harm.

The four will appear in the Suva Magistrates Court later today.

Chief of Intelligence and Investigations ACP Henry Brown said five masked men who were armed entered the Distill outlet in Flagstaff and threatened the staff on Thursday night.

ACP Brown added that Commissioner Groenewald who was at the scene stepped forward and said that he is the Commissioner of Police and asked the robbers to stop what they were doing.

He got injured in the process.

The robbers fled in a taxi.

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