Police Zero Tolerance and Immigration Begin Controls.

Philipsburg:--- The police zero tolerance and immigration officers assisted by VKS conducted a raid on Thursday morning at an address in Well Road. Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson said the raid was conducted after police received information that narcotics and possible fire arms were hidden there. Taking part in the operation was the chief public prosecutor Hans Mos and acting judge Mr. Luijks. Henson said the raid did not yield any positive results. However, one person was arrested at the scene for residing on the island illegally.

The controls continued later down in the evening in the areas of Cape Bay and Philipsburg. During these controls 7 persons from Jamaican, 3 from Guyana, 1 from the Dominican Republic and 1 from St Lucia were brought in because of their illegal status on the island.

In other news the police patrols have been directed on at least on two occasions to the St Peters/ South Reward area to intervene fights in which students were involved. During these fights no-one was injured, however, the students were all brought to the police station and severely reprimanded concerning their behavior. The police department has decided to again start focusing on students in the school areas.