Deputy Director General of the humanitarian organisation, Dorothy King, said she believed the criminal(s) were looking for proceeds raised at the fair.
“I think it had to do with the Red Cross Fair,” she speculated. “Probably because we said we were hoping to gross $100,000. So that was their objective – money.
“They think that all those buckets we have were probably here,” she continued. “But at the fair we ask people not to keep cash.
So I think their aim was cash because in the room downstairs we had a television and videos and nobody took anything like that.
According to Mrs King, the group’s Welfare Officer, Jacqueline Campbell, made the discovery early Monday morning.
“Jacqueline Campbell came in around 20 minutes to seven and when she opened the west door she saw the burglar screen on that was torn open,” she reported. “When she looked she saw other doors smashed. In all, four doors were smashed.
Ms Campbell immediately contacted Red Cross Director General Marina Glinton then immediately called the police, the welfare officer related.
During a visit to the Red Cross headquarters, shattered glass was still strewn across the floor. Mrs King noted that the alarm censors were also “pulled down”.
Initial checks indicated that nothing was stolen. “Well right now I don’t see anything visible that was taken,” she said.
Officials estimate that the break-in occurred sometime between late Sunday evening and early Monday morning.
“[Red Cross workers] were here up until 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon and we think they came Sunday night or this morning,” she said. “Everything was intact on Sunday because we stayed here to get most of the equipment from the fair ground. So we stayed here waiting for all the trucks to deliver the equipment.”
Inspector Walter Evans, press liaison officer for The Royal Bahamas Police Force, has confirmed that officials are investigating the matter.
By JASMIN BONIMY Guardian Staff Reporter
