Never Go Alone to Isolated Locations for Cash Supply Runs

A vendor who visits the same supplier, on the same rural trace, at the same time each week creates a predictable pattern — and a predictable victim. In June 2026, a chow vendor was ambushed on Bunyan Trace, St. Mary’s Village, Moruga, when he arrived to purchase pommecythere fruit. A masked gunman was already positioned and waiting: he forced the vendor from his vehicle at gunpoint, ordered him to the ground, stole cash and a phone, and shot him twice in the legs before fleeing. Isolated rural tracks offer the same tactical advantages criminals seek in urban settings — no witnesses, no traffic, and a victim whose arrival time can be reliably predicted. The danger of a routine is that it is just as visible to someone watching as it is to the person living it.

Steps to follow:

• Bring a colleague or trusted person on any supply or purchasing run to a remote, rural, or end-of-road location; a second person dramatically reduces the chance of an attack and provides immediate help if one occurs.
• Vary the day and time of routine supply runs — if you visit the same location regularly, shift your schedule unpredictably so no pattern can be established by anyone observing your movements.
• Tell someone your exact destination before leaving — the specific trace, village, or property you are travelling to — and give an expected return time; ask them to call you if you miss it.
• Carry only the minimum cash required for the specific transaction; do not bring a cash float, day’s earnings, or additional funds that are not needed for that trip.
• On arrival at any isolated location, remain in the vehicle for a moment and observe the surroundings before exiting — if anyone is present whose presence is not explained by normal activity at that site, leave without stopping.
• Where possible, explore whether suppliers can deliver to your regular business location or meet you at a populated public point instead of a remote site.