IN JAMAICA: Robbery Shocker - Cops Probe Cayman Link As Businessman, Political Activist Fingered In Multimillion-Dollar Jewellery Heist

Law-enforcement agents probing last week's heist of Rolex watches from Swiss Stores in downtown Kingston have now turned their eyes to the Cayman Islands, where a similar robbery took place and some of the expensive watches transported to Jamaica.

High-end watches, recovered after they were
 stolen from a store in downtown Kingston recently,
 on display during yesterday's press
 conference at the Flying Squad headquarters. -
 Norman Grindley/Chief Photographer

Police investigators believe that the perpetrators behind the theft of the watches in Jamaica are members of a highly organised group. At least 24 watches were reported stolen in Cayman, a number of which ended up in Jamaica, and the police here are working with their counterparts in Cayman to dismantle the group and end the transnational crime.

"Some of the Rolex watches that were stolen in the Cayman Islands recently are here. So we are now looking at previous jewellery-store robberies, especially those which occurred in the Montego Bay area," head of the Flying Squad Unit, Senior Superintendent Cornwall 'Bigga' Ford, disclosed yesterday. READ More...