Two men were ar­rest­ed over the week­end for throw­ing stones at cars on the Va­len­cia By­pass.

Po­lice be­lieve at­tacks are part of a ploy by per­pe­tra­tors to get mo­torists to stop so they can rob them.

The ar­rests came even as peo­ple took to so­cial me­dia web­site, Face­book, over the week­end to high­light the at­tacks.

A pho­to of a large stone was shared on the site by a friend of one vic­tim with a cap­tion stat­ing: "This is what a friend of mine found in his car last night af­ter pass­ing on the Va­len­cia by­pass last night. Luck­i­ly his glass was down so he on­ly heard a noise in the car. Be care­ful in the back there, es­pe­cial­ly at night. Please re­post to warn your friends."

Se­nior Supt Sace­nar­ine Ma­habir, head of the East­ern Di­vi­sion, yes­ter­day told the T&T Guardian that three teenagers, rang­ing in ages from 17 to 19, were ar­rest­ed, charged and ap­peared in the San­gre Grande Mag­is­trates Court on charges of ma­li­cious dam­age to ve­hi­cles.

Face­book users stat­ed the peo­ple were throw­ing the stones with the in­tent to rob the dri­vers who stopped. Ma­habir, how­ev­er, said the po­lice had no re­ports of any rob­beries.

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Post by David Lang­ton.

"We had some re­ports of peo­ple throw­ing rocks. Over the week­end we held three young fel­las. We had no ac­count of a rob­bery and no ev­i­dence of any rob­beries tak­ing place," Ma­habir said.

Last Mon­day, 32-year-old Murlesha Ma­jid, of San Fran­cique, was shot and wound­ed along the Beetham High­way af­ter her broth­er-in-law Ra­j­path Bal­go­b­in stopped so his wife could change their son's di­a­per.

A group of men re­port­ed­ly at­tempt­ed to sur­round the car as it was parked, fir­ing shots as Bal­go­b­in drove off when they re­alised they were be­ing at­tacked.