Jacobs confirmed that Martina's weapon was taken on Thursday and he was placed on suspension until the ongoing investigation against him and an MNO worker finalizes.
Major Martina has been involved in several confrontations with members of the public, and he was on probation for beating a Checkmate Security Guard after refusing to comply with orders issued by the security guard who was working at MegaPlex.
Last week Friday evening, Martina was involved in an incident with an MNO worker who was directing traffic on Walter Nisbeth Road when Officer Martina showed up drunk and refused to comply with the instructions of the worker who asked him to use the side road that was being used to divert traffic as they carried out patch work on Pondfill road. On the night of the incident, MNO stopped their work and all mixed material that had to be used on the road that night had to be taken to their headquarters for disposal. The fracas between the MNO worker and Officer Martina left one of MNO's supervisors with a broken nose.
Sources say that MNO submitted a claim to government for Naf. 87,000.00 and has since refused to resume working on Pondfill road until the claim is finalized. It is understood that MNO made claims for the material and all their workers who were on duty that night. SMN News further learnt that the road repairs on Pondfill might resume Friday night.
