Pointe Blanche:---- Several police patrols and detectives were directed to a home located on the Ground Dove road in Point Blanch yesterday morning after police had received several phone calls informing them that at least one shot was heard coming from the house where a fight was going on between a couple that lives at that residence. On the scene the patrols encountered the couple with initials J.R. and O.B. who stated that an argument between them had broken out, which shortly after turned into a physical fight.
They patrols also noticed that the both parties had bumps and bruises to their bodies. During the questioning of the couple on the scene police could not be determined who fired the shot and why.
In connection with this investigation both parties were arrested on the spot. A thorough search of the premises, done by the police patrol lead to the finding of a 12 gauge shot gun, a box of shotgun cartridges and two pistols. These weapons were all confiscated in connection with the investigation. The Forensic Department was on the scene to do their investigation. During the investigation several documents were found indicating that one or both of these suspects have been busy falsifying documents. The documents were also confiscated and handed over to the fraud department. Both parties were taken to the police station and held for further investigation.