Philipsburg:--- Police arrested five persons on Friday morning in the Cole Bay area. The suspects, two of which are females, committed a robbery in the Nettle Bay area on the French side of the island. They are identified as S.H., T.R., E.G.B, M. G from Sint Maarten and S.J.W. from Jamaica.
Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson said the police patrols were dispatched to Cole Bay to intercept a black Hyundai Sonata bearing license plate P-7992. Henson said when police found the vehicle which was in the vicinity of DIVICO, there were four persons inside the vehicle. Police also found ammunition cartridges in the pocket of one of the suspects. However, police did not recover any firearms during the search. The vehicle and ammunition have been confiscated as the investigation continues.
