Sint Maarten. Suspect arrested for drugs possession

On Friday December 20th at approximately 09.00 p.m.  a police patrol during a routine control stopped the vehicle with license plate P-4003 and very dark tinted windows on the Welfare road in the vicinity of Bottle Tree Drive, where its known to police that drugs are regularly sold in that area.

The driver and passenger jumped out of the car and when he was asked his name he took off running.

He was chased by the officers but was not caught. The passenger who stayed on the spot was searched and a black bag containing and amount of marihuana and several small plastic packs of cocaine was found in his possession. 

These drugs were confiscated for further investigation.

The 26 year old suspect was arrested on the spot and taken to the Philipsburg Police Station where he was handed over the Narcotic Department for further investigation