The May Pen police have yet to ascertain who broke into the Clarendon People's Cooperative Bank and stole more than $3 million yesterday morning.

Investigators told THE STAR that the act is believed to have been committed between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 am., when thieves disconnected the power supply to the bank, then broke the burglar bar and entered through the side of the building.

It is said that they ransacked the bank until they located the safety chest from which they stole money totalling $3.2 million. They then escaped.

Still looking

According to Deputy Superintendent Cleon Marsh, Crime Chief for Clarendon, the police have not yet completed their investigation into the recent theft, but are intensifying their approach to find the person or persons connected to the latest act of dishonesty in May Pen.

This is the third major robbery in the parish since the start of the year, following one at the Spaldings PC Bank and a jewellery, in May Pen, where thieves also disconnected the light and entered the building.

In recent times, the police in the parish have been put under intense pressure due to migrant criminal activity. THE STAR learnd, however, that the police are also working on a plan to deal with this problem. It is not known if the money was insured.

- R.T.