The Tribune

POLICE arrested two men on Monday who led them on a car chase and had firearms.

Sometime after 3pm, officers from the South- Central Division were on routine patrol when they were dispatched to a complaint of the sounds of gunshots in the area of Ridgeland Park west.

While heading to the scene, the unit saw a white coloured Japanese vehicle being driven at a high rate of speed, a police crime report said. The officers beckoned the vehicle to stop, however, the driver continued and turned north onto Blue Hill Road.

A chase followed. The suspects later turned west onto University Commons, where the driver crashed into a lamp pole in the vicinity of the National Insurance Board.

Two male suspects got out of the vehicle, one who was armed with a high-powered assault rifle, police said. The officers caught and arrested both men.

A field search was conducted, during which a 9mm pistol with 15 unfired rounds of ammunition were discovered. The assault rifle contained ten rounds of ammunition.

An investigation is ongoing.