Chinese businessman held up

A minor is today in police custody after a robbery early Tuesday morning. The victim, Chinese businessman Lee Quan of Gibnut Street was robbed of two hundred Belize dollars at gunpoint. According to a police press release, they received a call about seven o’clock that morning, informing them that a robbery was taking place in the area of the Queen’s Square Market. Police officers were dispatched to the scene and upon arriving, saw two men escaping from the area on bicycles. After chasing the bandits, police managed to nab one of the robbers, who turned out to be a sixteen-year old minor. Besides robbery, the minor also faces gun charges after he was found in possession of a point thirty-eight revolver, two live rounds and an expended shell all of the same caliber. The other bandit believed to be twenty-one year old Stackle Monsanto of a Kraal Road address in Belize City is still at large. Monsanto is considered armed and dangerous. If you know the whereabouts of Monsanto, you are asked to call the nearest police station.