Eight years after a brazen robbery at Carlisle Bay Resort, police are still searching for Anthony "Thug Life" Govia, the man accused of masterminding the theft of more than EC$98,000 from the luxury hotel. According to Antigua News Room, Govia remains on the police wanted list to this day.
Investigators allege that Govia and former resort accounts clerk Kathy-Ann Isaac conspired to carry out the aggravated robbery, which took place on 30 June 2018. Authorities believe Govia fled Antigua shortly after the incident and has not been apprehended since.
The robbery initially appeared to be the work of a lone armed man. Security footage, however, told a more complex story — it showed two employees removing cash from the resort's safe before a gunman entered the premises and escaped with the money.
Isaac, who had worked at Carlisle Bay Resort for approximately 14 years, was initially treated as a victim. Police later alleged she had been involved in planning the robbery. She pleaded guilty in 2019 and was sentenced the following year to two years and six months in prison. Isaac has since completed her sentence.
Govia, by contrast, has never been arrested. Police continue to appeal to the public for information on his whereabouts. Authorities have also warned that anyone found to be assisting or sheltering a wanted person could face criminal charges.
The Carlisle Bay Resort case remains one of Antigua and Barbuda's most high-profile unsolved robbery investigations, with authorities still actively pursuing the alleged mastermind nearly a decade on.
