Shopkeeper and customer robbed at Belama, Belize City shop

Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2022. 2:26 pm CST.

By Aaron Humes: On Friday afternoon there was a double robbery at a Chinese shop in Belize City.

Proprietor of Guan Fa Shop on Albert Hoy Street, Belama, Tiejian Tan, 58, reported that at about 12:40 p.m., while at his establishment two men entered, one of whom pulled out a firearm, and demanded money.

The robbers stole an undisclosed amount of cash from behind Tan’s counter. Nicholas Melara, a customer purchasing at the time was also robbed of $260 cash and a Samsung Galaxy S9 valued at $600.

The robbers then escaped on a motorcycle. Police are investigating.

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