A high-speed chase led to police taking five of six armed robbery suspects into custody on Sunday.
According to reports, shortly after 3am, officers assigned to the Drug Enforcement Unit were on Routine patrol on Bernard Road near Jean Street when they saw a Mitsubishi van driving with its lights off. The officers signalled to the occupants of the vehicle to stop but they refused and sped off. The officers gave chase and forced the vehicle to stop a few minutes later near a school in the area. Three masked men armed with firearms left the van and fired several shots at the officers before fleeing into nearby bushes. The officers returned fire but were unable to catch them. However, three men who remained in the vehicle were arrested. Two of those who fled on foot were later captured in the area.
The officers conducted a search of the vehicle and found several ski masks along with a number of house breaking implements.
Police suspect the males to be responsible for a number of early morning armed robberies in New Providence.
Comments
DDK 6 years, 6 months ago
Good job! Now get the other two criminals!
bogart 6 years, 6 months ago
Good job ar running and capturing.
Lousy job though at police markmanship. Police need more training at effectively using the guns and wasting bullets by missing the target. Also if the police had dropped at least two of the three running the third if smart would have surrendered. Wouldnt you?
Actually Police should make use of BODY CAMERAS to record such scenes and eliminate all the lies and bs the criminals caught red handed and foolishly struggling to find thousands of dollars to pay some lawyer who knows fully well their client is guilty and to tie up the Court while we the taxpayers have to foot the bill. Bail can be eliminated, bs can be eliminated etc.
Body cameras on Amazon are around $95. Mostly around $150.
OMG 6 years, 6 months ago
Instead of constant criticism give the Police credit for doing what is a very difficult job. Lets face it all the armchair detectives are criticizing how long it took for the shot security guard at the Mandalay and the police to react. Easy to be an expert when not faced with unexpected and rapid situations.
sheeprunner12 6 years, 6 months ago
Were they "known to police" ????????
John 6 years, 6 months ago
Not if they had on ski masks....lol. Good job officers!
SP 6 years, 6 months ago
This is the best news since Dorsett and Gibson Bank Lane Shuffle!
Excellent work by the cops and more proof that roadblocks and spot checks of suspicious looking people and vehicles should be intensified.
baldbeardedbahamian 6 years, 6 months ago
High speed chases do not happen in densely populated urban areas in first world countries. It is only a matter of time until these stupidly aggressive police drivers kill innocent pedestrians. When this happens they should be tried for murder and whichever senior officer implemented this policy should be tried for manslaughter. Stop this stupidity before it is too late.
OMG 6 years, 6 months ago
Another expert comes out of the closet.
B_I_D___ 6 years, 6 months ago
OMG...must be one of his family that got caught...LOL I don't care how they get caught...high speed, low speed, bullet to the head, one less criminal off the streets.
thephoenix562 6 years, 6 months ago
I totally agree.
TorontoGal 6 years, 6 months ago
These police take too much criticism from the public. They are damned when they do and damned when they don't do their job as the "arm-chair critics" feel they should.
Personally, I don't care how they are caught as long as the criminals are caught. It always mystifies me why these criminals behave the way they do in such a small island. There really isn't anywhere for them to o go if you the police force is strong enough.
Keep up the good work.
baldbeardedbahamian 6 years, 6 months ago
Killer drivers to receive life sentences Crimes featuring mobile phones, speeding or racing will receive similar sentences to manslaughter. 5 minutes ago From the section UK
Hey OMG, check this out.
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