TWO of the policemen who were detained on Sunday in connection with a robbery in Hellshire, St Catherine, last week, have been identified.

The officers, who have not yet been charged, were pointed out in an identification parade on Wednesday.

The victims, who are returned residents, reported last week that they were robbed twice last week of $17 million worth of jewellery, US$5,500 in cash, and other items.

The two are senior citizens who returned to Jamaica three years ago after living in the United States for more than 40 years. They had been visiting relatives in Florida, United States, when a neighbour who went to water their plants noticed things amiss and informed them of the break-in at their house last week Monday. The neighbour also reported the matter to the police.

The couple, who requested anonymity, had planned to travel from Florida to New York, but cancelled that trip and returned to Jamaica last week Tuesday evening.

They again reported the matter at the Hellshire Police Station last week Wednesday, but things only got worse.

The elderly woman told the Jamaica Observer last week Thursday that when she was summoned to her door by men dressed in police uniform on Wednesday night, she thought they had come to take additional statements.

However, the couple was robbed instead.

According to the woman, $17 million worth of jewellery, receipts for some of the jewellery, US$5,500, bank statements, among other things were stolen between Sunday and last week Wednesday night.

She said that the jewellery stolen the Sunday night was valued at $7 million.

“They emptied a drawer, everything — watches, rings, jewellery sets — then they came back for the other bag that I had secured,” she said last week.

A source told the Observer on Monday that one of the policemen, who is alleged to have participated in the robbery, submitted his resignation letter last Saturday and has since left the island.