Actively sought since last February for a series of robberies with violence on tourists, Louis Pierry Teddy Villemain, alias Rambo, a notorious 30 year old recidivist and resident of Cité EDC, Le Mahot, Trou d’Eau Douce was put out of action on the evening of Thursday, July 28. This suspect was apprehended in L’Espérance Trébuchet. The suspect was hiding in the woods since his escape. Pierry Villemain has confessed to at least thirty robberies with violence against tourists on the eastern coast. His two accomplices are actively sought.
It is a police operation mounted around 7:45 pm on the evening of Thursday, July 28 by elements of the Divisional Crime Intelligence Unit (DCIU) of the Eastern Division, under the supervision of Inspector Seebnauth, Sergeant Kissoondoyal under the supervision of Superintendent of Police, Vikash Babajee of the Criminal Investigation Division (CID), following information obtained This police raid led to the arrest of Pierry Villemain, who was subsequently handed over to the investigators of the CID of Rivière-Sèche.
This suspect, who has given the investigators of the Eastern Division a hard time since his escape, finally confessed to having attacked at least thirty tourists in hotels and bungalows with two of his accomplices. This gang of robbers operated at gunpoint. In some cases, victims were assaulted.
Pierry Villemain also confessed to having committed about fifteen cases on the northern coastline with the same modus operandi while wearing hoods. This Friday morning, July 29, he was brought before the court of Flacq where he answered to several cases of theft. After the end of his interrogation by the investigators of the CID of Rivière-Sèche, he will be handed over to the investigators of the CID of the North division.
In the meantime, his two accomplices are being actively sought. The investigation in this case is under the general supervision of Assistant Police Commissioner Premanand Purmarssur, the Divisional Commander of the Eastern Division.
