Sint Maarten. Stolen credit cards Investigation

On Sunday midday around 12.10 hrs the patrol from the uniformed department in Philipsburg was dispatched  to Front street  where  a group of unknown male persons were busy purchasing  jewelry  with stolen credit cards.

The caller also give the police dispatcher the description of the suspects  which were rapidly  apprehended by  our quick response bike patrol team.

The suspects were brought over to the Philipsburg  Police station.

Further investigation proved that the three suspects all from Malaysia had already purchased some jewelry with these stolen credit cards that were still in their possession.  All  items were  confiscated pending further investigation.

The Hotel room where the suspects were staying was also searched in the presence of a acting public prosecutor. Some other stolen credit cards were found in the room and were also confiscated in connection with investigation.

A total amount 100 credit cards has been found in this case.

The detective department is further investigating this case and the suspects remain in police custody.

The Police department is once again thanking the general public in particular the business community for their assistance in this case.  Once again we ask you  “ If you see something , Say something ! “.  Our emergency  and hot lines are open.