WILLEMSTAD – Curaçao police arrested a 33-year-old man on Wednesday night, October 21, 2026, after he allegedly attempted to break into two homes on Kaya Frank de Castro.
According to the Curaçao Police Force (KPC), the police dispatch center received a report of a burglary in progress at approximately 11:37 p.m.
Witnesses told officers that the suspect had entered the first residence but fled after people at the property shouted at him. He then allegedly attempted to enter a second home nearby.
Responding officers located the suspect at the second residence and placed him under arrest.
Police identified the man by his initials, A.R.G.U., a 33-year-old Curaçao-born resident.
Following his arrest, the suspect was brought before an assistant public prosecutor, who ordered that he remain in custody pending further investigation.
Police have not disclosed whether anything was stolen from either residence or whether any property was damaged during the incidents.