Mere minutes after two victims were robbed of a quantity of valuables from their Talparo home, three male suspects were arrested by officers of the Northern Division Task Force and the stolen items successfully recovered.
Reports indicate that around 6 pm, on Thursday 4th May, 2023, three men entered the home of a Talparo couple and proceeded to relieve them of quantities of jewellery and cash and their Nissan Navarra motor vehicle.
A report was made to the police and Task Force officers on patrol along Tumpuna Road South, intercepted the stolen vehicle and another car shortly after.
A search of the vehicles resulted in the stolen items being recovered.
The suspects, ages 22 to 30 of Arima and Sangre Grande, were arrested in connection with the incident.
In the D’Abadie district, one man was caught by villagers and handed over to police after he and another suspect allegedly robbed a female victim of her purse at gunpoint along La Resource Road South around 7 pm yesterday.
Officers of the Maloney Criminal Investigations Department and Maloney Crime Patrol responded to the report and arrested the 24-year-old D’Abadie man in connection with the incident. The search is underway for the other suspect.
And, in the Western Division, an anti-crime exercise was conducted between 11 am and 1 pm yesterday, during which officers acting on information intercepted two motor vehicles suspected to transporting firearms and narcotics from the Maracas Bay area to Maraval.
A search of the vehicles resulted in a total of 23.60 kilogrammes of marijuana and a quantity of alcohol being found and seized.
The occupants of both vehicles were arrested in connection with the finds.
Investigations into the above matters are ongoing.