Robbery - The Caribbean Safety and Security Net

3742 – Robbery in Grenada – Grenada – Clarke’s Court Bay

Incident Date: 2025-10-05 at 17:40

Event Type: Robbery

Stolen Items: Mobile Phone, Cash ($50 USD), Clothing, Other: backpack, sunglasses, reading glasses, towel, bug spray

Secured: Does not apply

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: At 1730HRS , on Sunday, October 5th, a female cruiser walked alone on the path from Hog Island to Clarkes Court Bay Boatyard. A lone male armed with a knife approached from behind, cut the strap of her backpack with a knife and then fled back toward Hog Island. A police report is planned.

November 2, 2025

2848 – Robbery in Saint Lucia – Anse Canaries

Incident Date: 2022-07-08 at 20:00

Event Type: Robbery

Stolen Items: Cash and personal electronics – tablet, cell phone

Secured: Does not apply

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: At about 2000HRS two men armed with hand guns boarded a catamaran that had stopped for safe harbor overnight in the north end of Canaries Bay, St. Lucia, while on passage from Martinique to St Vincent. They held the singlehanding owner/captain at gunpoint in the salon and demanded cash and electronics that were readily surrendered. A demand for the "big money" was made but there was no large stash to surrender. After about 45 minutes the 2 left with what was assumed to be a third man who had remained in their boat. There were no injuries to the captain or damage to the yacht. The yacht departed at first light, no police report was made.

July 8, 2022

2823 – Robbery in Martinique (France) – Fort de France

Incident Date: 2022-06-11 at 16:00

Event Type: Robbery

Stolen Items: Bicycle

Secured: Does not apply

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: A charter guest was held at up at knifepoint at the Fort de France dinghy dock, they surrendered their bicycle and the thief departed. It is not known if a police report was made.

June 11, 2022

2476 – Robbery in Panama – Bahia Nombre de Dios

Incident Date: 2019-11-03 at 20:30

Event Type: Robbery

Stolen Items: cash, communications devices, electronics, boat and personal gear

Secured: Does not apply

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A monohull was one of 2 or 3 boats anchored in Bahia Nombre de Dios. At 20:30 HRS five (5) young Spanish speaking men, faces covered and armed with hand guns, approached in silence and entered the cabin guns first. The 2 persons on board were taken by surprise and were slightly injured in the early scuffle, but cooperated as the armed men ransacked for about 30 minutes and stole cash, communications devices, electronics and personal items. The yacht departed immediately for Linton Bay that night, where they made reports to the police, coast guard, and port captain.||UPDATED REPORT June 2, 2023 ||In a believed to be related case four men have been convicted of aggravated rape, aggravated robbery and illicit association, and will each serve 20 years in prison plus 5 years additional disqualification from attendance in parks, kindergartens, schools or any place where minors are regularly grouped.| |see CSSN News item here:|| https://safetyandsecuritynet.org/cssn-news-june-4-2023-convictions-in-assault-case-nombre-de-dios-panama/

November 3, 2019

2373 – Robbery in Panama – Linton Bay

Incident Date: 2019-07-11 at 01:00

Event Type: Robbery

Stolen Items: everything

Secured: Does not apply

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: At approximatley 0100 HRS five (5) men armed with guns boarded a foreign flagged catamaran anchored off the Linton Bay marina. The captain surrendered “everything” at gunpoint.

July 11, 2019

2262 – Robbery in Panama – Linton Bay

Incident Date: 2018-10-23 at 23:00

Event Type: Robbery

Stolen Items: Cash, wallets, credit cards, cell phones, cameras, laptops and iPads

Secured: Does not apply

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: A charter catamaran was boarded and robbed at gunpoint by 3 armed men, who arrived at the boat by panga at about 23:00 hrs. Stolen at gunpoint were cash, credit cards, phones, and personal electronics, etc. There were no injuries. The thieves departed in an easterly direction, toward Isla Grande. CSSN NOTE: Details are not complete for this report, unfortunately. A similar incident apparently occurred a month earlier, as well as another on this same night, but neither were reported to CSSN with sufficient detail. Cruisers, the Linton Bay Marina staff and the Aeronaval have now instituted nighttime patrols in the area.

October 23, 2018

2244 – Robbery in Grenada – Grenada – Mt. Hartman Bay

Incident Date: 2018-06-16 at 10:00

Event Type: Robbery

Stolen Items: handbag

Secured: Does not apply

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: Two women walking in the Dove Sanctuary were robbed of a handbag by a man wielding a machete. A police report was made. This path is used often by cruisers, and was the site of an attempted sexual assault in 2015.

June 16, 2018

2242 – Robbery in Colombia – Cartegena

Incident Date: 2018-05-03 at 21:00

Event Type: Robbery

Stolen Items: Cash, tablet, smartphones, camera, laptop, powerbanks, SUP paddleboard

Secured: Does not apply

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A yacht with 3 persons onboard arrived and anchored near the control tower at 8PM. About an hour later a small boat came alongside with 4 men armed with knives and machetes. They showed their weapons, boarded, and quickly tied up the 2 men, and sent the woman below to collect the yachts valuables (cash, smartphones, tablet ,laptop, chargers and camera). They appeared to be high, and asked for drugs (none provided). They took the SUP and departed after about 30 minutes. No one was injured. After making a VHF call to the control tower to report the armed robbery, the crew upped anchor and moved close to the Club Nautico marina docks where there is a security patrol. A report was made the next day on the local VHF net.

May 3, 2018

2136 – Robbery in Honduras – Guanaja – Graham’s Place

Incident Date: 2017-04-06 at 20:00

Event Type: Robbery

Stolen Items: Cash, iPads, cellphone, electronics, cameras, monitors, fuel tank, propane cylinder, plus more

Secured: Does not apply

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A yacht with 2 persons onboard anchored off Graham's Place around 4PM , and visited the palapa ashore. They met a man who identified himself by name and then asked several questions about thier planned stay, and number of persons on board.||At 8 PM they were boarded by 4 armed men (3 – 9mm handguns, 1 rifle) ,wearing military style pants, 2 hooded, and all wearing ranger type boots. One of the men was the man they had met earlier at the palapa. The men demanded all things of value and threatened to kill the crew if they made any noise or resisited. The captain/crew complied, and the men departed with cash, electronics, iPads, cameras, cellphone, a gas tank, and a propane cylinder after threatening to return if any report was made.||A detailed report was made to the police and the port captain.

April 6, 2017

2065 – Robbery in Trinidad and Tobago – Tobago – Buccoo Bay

Incident Date: 2016-08-21 at 20:00

Event Type: Robbery

Stolen Items: Two mobile phones and cash

Secured: Does not apply

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: At approximatley 9:45 PM four adult family members were returning from the weekly Sunday school dancing event when they were accosted by 2 young men (about 20 years old) with machetes as they were preparing to launch their beached dinghy which had been locked to a tree near the carpark. The men demanded cash and grabbed one of the bags that had been put into the dinghy. The captain grabbed a paddle and the group started yelling loudly and the men fled into the woods. The police were summoned by security at the festival location and a full report was made.

August 21, 2016

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