A 41-year-old woman is in po­lice cus­tody af­ter of­fi­cers held her in con­nec­tion with a stolen car in Arou­ca on Thurs­day.

Po­lice said of­fi­cers of the Tran­sit Po­lice Unit vis­it­ed an open sa­van­nah in Arou­ca where they saw a dark grey Kia Nero be­lieved to have been stolen.

Guardian Me­dia Ltd was told of­fi­cers po­si­tioned ve­hi­cles around the near­by area to pre­vent any es­cape.

While in the area, of­fi­cers no­ticed a woman ap­proach­ing the car. She opened it, got in and tried to dri­ve off.

Of­fi­cers of the TPU in­ter­cept­ed the ve­hi­cle and ar­rest­ed the woman, while of­fi­cers of the North-Cen­tral Di­vi­sion Task Force searched near­by ar­eas for a sec­ond sus­pect, who re­mained at large up to Fri­day.

Po­lice said the woman, who is known to po­lice, was ar­rest­ed and placed in the cus­tody of of­fi­cers from the St Clair CID.

Sources said the car was stolen at gun­point in Mar­aval on March 21 and was found bear­ing false li­cence plates.

The ex­er­cise was su­per­vised by Supt Robert Joseph and Sgt Vir­gil and in­volved mem­bers of the TPU Task Force