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title="Saturday 8 February 2025">Saturday 8 February 2025</time>  <figure id="article-featured-image" class="article-featured-image"><img src="https://newsday.co.tt/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/police-crime-file-photo-1024x876.jpg" alt="- File photo "><figcaption>- File photo </figcaption></figure>   <p>Bandits in Manzanilla tied up two security guards and stole construction equipment necessary for ongoing road repairs.</p> <p>Around 6.40 pm on February 6, the guards were sitting in a tent near Lp# 1257 Manzanilla Mayaro Road where roadworks are currently being done.</p> <p>They were working for a company hired by Coosal to secure materials and machinery at the job site.</p> <p>Two men wearing dark-coloured clothing and their faces covered with masks sneaked up behind the guards from the beach and announced a robbery.</p> <p>One of them pointed a gun at the security guards and led them to the beach.</p> <div class='ad-manager-half-page-mobile-ad-300x600 ad-space-centered' 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prevent soil erosion and to stabilise embankments.</p> <p>One of the guards stopped a passing car and got a ride to the Manzanilla Police Post where he reported the incident to the police.</p> <p>Police visited the scene to collect evidence and PC Kallicharan from the Manzanilla station is investigating.</p> <p>Meanwhile, police are looking for bandits who stole almost $40,000 from a man minutes after he left the bank.</p> <p>Around 4.30 pm on February 6, the 62-year-old Port of Spain man went to Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) at West Mall where he withdrew $39,495.</p> <div class='ad-manager-half-page-mobile-ad-300x600 ad-space-centered' id='div-gpt-ad-1550239585826-0' style='height:600px; width:300px; background-image: url(https://newsday.co.tt/wp-content/themes/newsday-2020/images/default-client-ads/300x600-cts-2025-02-16-executive-management.jpg); background-size: 300px 600px; background-repeat: no-repeat' 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