A man and a woman this morning stole a laptop and a small amount of money from a shop in Triq il-Koppla, Fgura.
The police said in a statement that the thieves, who were not hooded, bound the 32-year-old female owner, who is from Tarxien, and left the shop on foot. No one was injured. The man had been brandishing a knife.
Duty magistrate Miriam Hayman appointed experts to help in an inquiry.