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On the surface of it, The story sounded believable enough: an employee of San Cas said that at 9:15 pm - they were in a San Cas delivery truck in a bank parking lot in Belmopan. They were counting money and that's when a dark skinned man wearing a hood robbed them at gunpoint. They handed over the money and no one was hurt. The narrative sounded familiar, but, police knew something was shady about the report - and today the Officer Commanding Belmopan told us more:

Supt. Howell Gillett, OC - Belmopan
"From the onset we believe that there were collusion of the part of employees. That belief was solidified as the investigation progressed, so much so that one of the employees will be charged for conspiracy to commit robbery and the suspected gunman will be charged with robbery, possession on an unlicensed firearm and possession of unlicensed ammunition. I am very pleased to announce that to date we have recovered over $8,000 in cash, a 9mm pistol and a magazine containing 5 live rounds of ammunition while the investigation continues."

Jules Vasquez
"What triggered this suspicion in yourself or your investigators?"

Supt. Howell Gillett, OC - Belmopan
"Well the basic fact that things weren't adding up. Some of the things that they did, I don't care to say all of them, but there were counting cash in the truck, when the cash should have been delivered. The gunman did not hurt anybody. The gunman just casually came and said me the money and give me the other bag too. It was somebody who knew all the details of the operation of that organization. So we suspected from the very beginning that they were working in unisome. So I believe we have an air-tight case that could stand any scrutiny at any court within our jurisdiction."

So, to go back over it - one of the delivery men and his alleged conspirator - the robber - are expected to be arraigned tomorrow. And police recovered over eight thousand dollars of the 12 thousand which was stolen.