Cops intercept stolen car

ST JOSEPH police have recovered a stolen car and arrested a suspect less than half an hour after the vehicle was reported stolen by the owner.

According to reports, around 12.30 pm Thursday, Allison Dolland, 41, of Cane Farm Gardens, Trincity parked her white Nissan B14 car worth $90,000 at the corner of Sweet Briar Road and Gray Street, St Clair and went into the Canadian Embassy to conduct business. When she left the Embassy at 1.15 pm, she discovered her car missing and telephoned Car Search, who activated a search and discovered that the vehicle was moving in the Mt Hope area.

A wireless flash was issued and St Joseph CID officers’ Insp Michael Modeste, Sgt Don Lezama, Cpl Aldwin Collins and PC Selwyn Hobbs responded and intercepted Dolland’s stolen car at the corner of Eastern Main Road and the Uriah Butler Highway intersection.

A 27-year-old San Juan man was arrested and the stolen car was returned to its  owner. Police said the man will be handed over to St Clair police who will be continuing investigations.

Sources at St Clair said that the man will be placed on a number of Identification Parades and will subsequently be charged with stealing Dolland’s vehicle.