Police Inspector Walter Evans said the worshippers were disrupted by a smashing sound.<\/p>\n
“They discovered that the western glass door of the building had been shattered,” he said. <\/p>\n
“Three bandits then entered the church and held all of the persons at bay, including a pastor, who was tied with a microphone cable as the culprits proceeded to rob him and the church members of cash, cell phones and other personal items.”<\/p>\n
Police said the robbers fled on foot in the nearby area.<\/p>\n
Two hours later, a similar scene played out with a 36-year-old resident of Deveaux Street as the target, according to police.<\/p>\n
Police said that the man had just arrived home when three men, one armed with a handgun, approached him.<\/p>\n
The culprits robbed the man of his white SUV, according to police.<\/p>\n
Meantime, authorities are hoping to soon take three persons before the courts on two separate firearm charges. <\/p>\n
The first incident involves a 20-year-old male.<\/p>\n
According to Inspector Evans, officers from the Central Police Station were patrolling the Nassau Street area on Wednesday evening when they noticed a man walking suspiciously. <\/p>\n
The man was stopped and searched, Mr. Evans said.<\/p>\n
Officers reportedly discovered a 9mm sawed off caliber rifle with four live rounds of ammunition in his possession.<\/p>\n
Mr. Evans also said that after 7pm officers executed a search warrant at a home in Monastery Park where they found a .38 handgun and three live rounds of ammunition.<\/p>\n
Police arrested a 29-year-old Jamaican female and a 36-year-old Bahamian male, who reportedly has both Bahamian and Jamaican passports.<\/p>\n
By: Macushla N. Pinder, The Bahama Journal<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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