Two persons were arrested and items of interest were seized during a roadblock exercise on Friday.
Between 1 am and 4 am, officers of the Southern Division Task Force, Princes Town, Tableland and Ste Madeline Police Stations conducted a roving roadblock exercise in their station districts.
During the exercise, police stopped and searched a white Toyota Aqua, driven by a 27-year-old man from Upper Belle Street, Belmont, with a 24-year-old passenger from Mountain View Drive, Upper Santa Cruz.
The officers discovered two ski masks and a universal car starter inside the vehicle and further checks revealed that the driver had never been issued a Driver’s Permit.
The items were seized and both men were arrested and conveyed to the Ste Madeline Police Station and are being held in connection with reports of Larceny Motor Vehicle.