A for­mer po­lice of­fi­cer turned de­fence lawyer has been ar­rest­ed in con­nec­tion with the mul­ti-mil­lion-dol­lar bank rob­bery on Car­ni­val Sat­ur­day af­ter he was al­leged­ly caught with some of the stolen loot.Po­lice and le­gal sources said the at­tor­ney, who gen­er­al­ly works out of the San­gre Grande dis­trict, was held yes­ter­day by his for­mer col­leagues at the Ari­ma Po­lice Sta­tion.Sources say he is to be charged with con­spir­a­cy to com­mit theft and re­ceiv­ing stolen prop­er­ty, name­ly cash from the bank rob­bery.

Po­lice re­port­ed that around 12.30 am March 1 they re­ceived a re­port from the se­cu­ri­ty com­pa­ny which pro­vides sur­veil­lance for the San­gre Grande branch of Re­pub­lic Bank that the back door of the bank was open. They al­so found the vault emp­tied of its con­tents, which had in­clud­ed cash and de­posit box­es. A quan­ti­ty of jew­el­ry was left be­hind by the ban­dits.The lawyer was picked up in the Ari­ma area and tak­en to the po­lice sta­tion where he re­mained in cus­tody up to late yes­ter­day.