PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Two more men have been charged in connection with the a multimillion-dollar bank heist in Trinidad earlier this month.

Clyde Cox, 48, and Jagdesh Ramnarine, 33, appeared before Magistrate Ejenny Espinet in the Sangre Grande Magistrates’ First Court and released on TT$500,000 bail.

They join Chaitram Mohammed, 27, Navin Juteram, 34, Jason Villafana, 41, Kumar Narine, 21, and 33-year-old Sateesh Boodram – who are all accused of stealing TT$4.5 million from the Sangre Grande branch of Republic Bank on March 3.

They face various charges ranging from breaking and entering to receiving stolen property as well as robbery with violence.

Three of the men — Narine, Boodram and Juteram – have also been jointly charged with robbery with violence, as well as with breaking and entering for an incident which allegedly occurred at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) on January 16.

The men were not called upon to plead after the charges were read out in the Sangre Grande court on Tuesday.

They were originally released on bail totalling TT$5.4 million but that figure was reduced to TT$2.75 million when they re-appeared in court Thursday.

They will return to court on March 24.