A 51-year-old restaurant owner was robbed of $45,000 cash by four bandits, one of whom was armed with a handgun, on Thursday night.
Police Headquarters reported that the businessman, Bing Tao Su was at his Thomas Street, South Cummingsburg house with his wife and their 17-year-old daughter when the men confronted him.
Bing operates a restaurant with his wife in the lower flat of the house. Police said Bing was closing a window on the eastern side of the house when the four suspects pounced; they pointed the gun at him and demanded the cash. The money was secured in a drawer by the counter.
Police said the men then escaped north on Thomas Street and then subsequently west on New Market Street.
Police investigations are ongoing.
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