3 held gun seized

Point Fortin police arrested three suspects and seized a pistol and ammunition after a car chase and exchange of gunfire over the weekend. According to police, Cpl Bajan and PCs Maharaj and Clarke were on mobile patrol when at about 2.30 pm on Saturday, they saw a silver-coloured Nissan B14 car, with four male occupants, driving at high speed along the Guapo/Cap-de-Ville Main Road.

They chased the car and the front seat passenger shot at the officers. The police returned fire causing the car to veer off the road and crash. The gunman got out and escaped into nearby bushes. Police searched the car and found a pistol and a magazine containing five rounds of ammunition. Three men, a 27-year-old taxi driver from Techier Village, Point Fortin; a 22-year-old and a 25-year-old, both fabricators from Diego Martin, were arrested. A search is under way for the fourth man.