Yvonne Webb

South­ern di­vi­sion po­lice be­lieve they have made a break­through in a se­ries of rob­beries in the area, fol­low­ing the ar­rest of six peo­ple yes­ter­day.Four men, ages 20 to 26, all from Salazar Trace, Point Fortin were ar­rest­ed when po­lice in­ter­cept­ed a sta­tion wag­on at Gulf View, La Ro­maine. The oth­er two where women aged 37, from Or­chard Gar­dens, Ch­agua­nas, and the oth­er is a 21 year old from Mara­bel­la.

Po­lice in­clud­ing PCs Snag­gs and Tyson, searched the car and dis­cov­ered a Mac10 sub-ma­chine gun, loaded with six rounds of am­mu­ni­tion, an­oth­er 12 rounds of am­mu­ni­tion un­der one of the seats, two cut­lass­es, and a ski mask.All six oc­cu­pants of the car were tak­en to the Mara­bel­la Po­lice Sta­tion, where they have been de­tained and are as­sist­ing po­lice in a se­ries of rob­beries in the south­ern dis­trict.The car was im­pound­ed for trac­ing.

Mem­bers of the South­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force al­so car­ried out a spe­cial ex­er­cise which be­gan on Thurs­day morn­ing and end­ed yes­ter­day morn­ing. Dur­ing the ex­er­cise, which was led by Se­nior Supt Ce­cil San­tana and ASPs Zamsheed Mo­hammed and Gaf­far, a to­tal of 78 peo­ple were ar­rest­ed for var­i­ous of­fences, in­clud­ing eight for nar­cotics and rob­beries.A to­tal of 14 dri­vers were ar­rest­ed for dri­ving un­der the in­flu­ence of al­co­hol, in­clud­ing the hus­band of a po­lice of­fi­cer.

Po­lice al­so ex­e­cut­ed 41 war­rants, is­sued 121 traf­fic tick­ets and car­ried out 277 search­es.The ex­er­cise was car­ried out in Moru­ga, Princes Town, Corinth, Pleas­antville, Ste Madeleine, Gas­par­il­lo, Mara­bel­la, San Fer­nan­do, La Ro­maine and Clax­ton Bay.