Robber Escapes with Almost $5000 from Benny’s Bargain Center

Twenty-two-year-old Nathaniel Perera, the cashier at Benny’s Bargain Center on Freetown Road reported to police that he was robbed of over four thousand seven hundred dollars on Friday. Around four-thirty p.m., he was approached by a gunman at the entrance of the store and relieved of the deposit bag containing the day’s sales. ASP Alejandro Cowo says the gunman approached Perera as a costumer before escaping with the loot.

Alejandro Cowo

ASP Alejandro Cowo, O.C., C.I.B., Belize City

“He was approached by a male person who came from the direction of Freetown riding a bicycle, who questioned him if the business place was still open. He replied that it was already closed. The male person did like he was riding back towards Freetown and came back again towards his location. Upon approaching him, the male person jumped off the bicycle, pull up his shirt and pulled out a firearm and pointed it at the male person. Fearing for his life, he handed over a deposit bag that he had with him which contained four thousand seven hundred and sixty-five dollars in cash, which was the day’s sales. The male person then rode the bicycle towards Freetown and made good his escape.”