Police arrest three roadside windscreen cleaners

Kevon Felmine

Three men were ar­rest­ed for al­leged­ly clean­ing ve­hi­cle wind­screens on a pub­lic road­way dur­ing a po­lice op­er­a­tion along the South Trunk Road, San Fer­nan­do, on Wednes­day.

The men, aged 23, 24 and 25, are ex­pect­ed to ap­pear be­fore a Princes Town mag­is­trate to­day.

Ac­cord­ing to po­lice, a 24-year-old man was seen clean­ing the wind­screen of a red Toy­ota Yaris Cross stopped along the road­way.

Po­lice al­leged that the ve­hi­cle was not in­volved in an ac­ci­dent and that the man's ac­tions would have ob­struct­ed it from mov­ing when the traf­fic lights turned green.

When ap­proached, the man al­leged­ly ran north but was pur­sued and de­tained.

He was in­formed that he was be­ing ar­rest­ed for clean­ing a mo­tor ve­hi­cle on a pub­lic road­way and wil­ful­ly ob­struct­ing the road­way. He al­leged­ly replied, "Boss, we nev­er do noth­ing."

Po­lice seized a red wind­screen squeegee and a black buck­et.

In a sep­a­rate in­ci­dent, a 25-year-old man was al­leged­ly seen ap­proach­ing an un­marked po­lice ve­hi­cle stopped along the road­way and be­gin­ning to clean its front wind­screen.

The ve­hi­cle was al­so not in­volved in an ac­ci­dent.

When ap­proached, the man al­leged­ly told the of­fi­cer, "Boss, I just hus­tling."

The of­fi­cer in­formed him that he was un­der ar­rest and at­tempt­ed to hand­cuff him. How­ev­er, the man al­leged­ly pulled his hand vi­o­lent­ly away.

Po­lice seized a black wind­screen squeegee and a black buck­et.

A third man, aged 23, was al­so ar­rest­ed dur­ing the ex­er­cise.