Police arrested three men with firearms and stopped a robbery in the Arima area last night.

According to police reports:

“At around 11:54pm on Thursday 16th January 2020, officers were on patrol in the Northern Division when they responded to a report of a robbery with violence in progress, at a private residence on Savannah Drive, Arima Old Road, Arima.

On arrival, officers had cause to forcibly enter the residence of the victim, who was being held hostage inside his home by the suspects. The three suspects were quickly apprehended with no injury to the hostage or any of the officers present.”

The officers also found and seized two 9mm pistols with magazines containing 29 rounds of ammunition.

The three male suspects; a 26-year-old from Maloney, a 22-year-old from Arima and a 24-year-old of Arouca, were taken to the Maloney Police Station pending further enquiries. They are expected to be placed on identification parades in connection to several other robberies occurring in the Northern Division.