The Tribune

POLICE have taken into custody a 26–year-old Carmichael Road man in connection with an armed robbery on Monday morning.

According to reports, shortly after 8am, a man was walking on West Ridge Drive when two men in a red Ford Explorer jeep armed with a firearm robbed him of cash before speeding off.

The suspect was arrested during a police operation around 11pm on Nassau Street, driving the jeep used during the armed robbery. Police will also question him in connection with several other armed robberies involving the red Ford Explorer jeep.

• Over 100 people were arrested during the police’s National Heroes Day Weekend Operation, which targeted those wanted for a number of serious crimes, persons involved in the sale of drugs and possession of firearms and motorists in breach of the rules of the road.

The overall success of the operation was the seizure of four illegal firearms, the recovery of a quantity of dangerous drugs, the recovery of a number of stolen vehicles and the arrests for a number of major crimes including, murder, armed robbery, drugs, firearms and stolen vehicles.

Additionally over 300 drivers were cited for various traffic violations. The operation, which is consistent with the Commissioner’s 2014 priorities, was under the command of Assistant Commissioner Leon Bethel.

Mobile Division saturation patrols resulted in the arrests of a further 16 persons over 24 hours for various minor and major offences.