Police in St. Kitts have informed the VONNEWSLINE that one five persons were taken into Police custody, to assist with the investigations into the recent Ram’s robberies, including one woman.

Investigations indicate that at approximately 6:30 pm on August 12th, four (4) armed and masked assailants wearing ‘hoodies’ rushed into the Ram’s Supermarket at Camps.

The assailants robbed four (4) of the cashier’s stations and the vault of a large sum of money before fleeing the scene in a waiting car. Then at approximately 7:55PM, four (4) armed and masked assailants dressed in all black entered the Ram’s Supermarket at Bird Rock. The assailants also stole a large sum of cash from the cashiers and the vault before making their getaway in a waiting car.

The sum of money has not been disclosed. These incidents were two of four (4) known robberies which occurred between August 11th and the 12th.