Philipsburg:--- On Wednesday a police patrol was sent to the Dawn Beach area to investigate a case involving two suspicious men driving in blue car with license plate P-1968 in that area.On the scene a witness informed the police what was taking place and that the suspicious men was somewhere in the vicinity. The police began an intense search to find the vehicle and persons in question. Shortly after the police located the suspected vehicle and suspects. The men were at the time busy doing some work on a transformer house in the immediate area. Not trusting the situation the officers proceeded to have a safety search for weapons in the car.
During this search a pair of binoculars and a pistol with one round (one bullet) in the chamber was found under the seat next to the driver, both suspects were arrested on the spot and take to the Philipsburg Police station for further investigation. The handgun and ammunition were confiscated for further investigation.