POLICE recover a stolen backhoe and are looking for another.
A release by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) on Friday stated that an arrest was imminent in relation to the larceny of a backhoe from Cunupia on Monday.
It state that it covered a stolen JCB 3CX model backhoe on Thursday with the assistance of the Cunupia CID and officers of the Northern Division Task Force, during an anti-crime exercise in Arima.
During the exercise, between 11 am and 4 pm, on Thursday, officers went to Arima Old Road, where they found and took into their possession, the piece of heavy machinery.
Meanwhile, officers of the Central Division Task Force, Area North, recovered a vehicle which used in the commission of a robbery with violence against a woman on Thursday.
Following the report, officers conducted an exercise in St Joseph and Morvant, between 10.30am and 8pm, in Quarry Road, St Joseph, where they conducted a search of a public bin and recovered a bag and one work identification card belonging to the victim.
The officers then proceeded to Lady Young Road, Morvant, where they found the vehicle used by the suspects to make their escape following the robbery.
