The couple was surprised by two robbers on Sunday evening (1st), around 22:00, in San José, Greater Florianópolis. The robbers broke into the house, grabbed the couple, tied them up and locked them in the storage room. The criminals fled with the car and the victims’ belongings.
Cameras recorded the invasion of robbers into the house – Photo: @calamidadeoficial/Internet/Divulgação/NDThe incident took place on Jair Coan Street in Bairro Forquillas. The Prime Minister (Military Police) were called at around 10:58 p.m. to reports of a house being burglarized.
The homeowner told police he was watching TV with his wife when he was surprised by two men. According to the victim, one of the criminals was armed with a revolver. The couple was tied up and locked in a storage room.
They loaded the items into the victims’ car
While the victims were tied up, the robbers stole items from the house. Among the items seized by the duo are: two televisions, a digital converter, five telephones, three monitors, a processor cabinet, a laptop and two women’s bags. They loaded the materials into a black car belonging to the couple and fled the scene.
After the robbery, the victims managed to break down the door of the room in which they were locked and seek help from neighbors, who called the military police.
Action lasts less than 30 minutes
CCTV footage captured the moment the couple walked down the street, passed in front of the house and returned. They enter a piece of land next to the house, jump over the wall and enter the territory.
After a while they leave, put something in the car, open the gate of the house and run away in the car.
According to the Prime Minister, the car was found by members of the 16th Military Police Battalion in Palhosa.
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The victims provided the police with some characteristics of the robbers. One of the men was wearing a black or dark blue sweatshirt and had a mustache. The other was wearing a gray sweatshirt and was armed.
Source: Ndmais