July’s Store is Robbed in Mango Creek

Alejandro Cowo

A store owner was robbed in Independence Village on Tuesday afternoon by a pair of thieves armed with a handgun and a machete.  Wen Quong Yian was relieved of five hundred dollars in cash, as well as a cellular phone and tablet.  Here’s more from CIB investigator Alejandro Cowo.

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

“There was a robbery on Tuesday the nineteenth in Independence Village where Mr. Wen Quong Yian, he reported that whilst inside of his store, July store, sometime after 1:30 p.m., two male persons entered his business establishment, one of them armed with a firearm and one with a machete.  One of them was wearing a mask and as a result they robbed him of five hundred dollars cash, a cell phone and an Ipad.  Thereafter the two male persons made good their escape.”