Two policemen have been held in connection with an attempted robbery and kidnapping in St James on Saturday.

The identities of the cops have not been released as they are not yet charged.

It is reported that shortly after 6 p.m. on Saturday, two men and a woman were in the parking lot of the Mega Mart Shopping Centre in Catherine Hall in the parish, when they were approached by two men who forced them into a vehicle and drove away.

Witnesses alerted the police and an operation was immediately devised which led to the vehicle being intercepted.

rescue mission

The three persons were rescued and following investigations, one of the abductors was found to be a policeman.

His crony managed to make an escape but was later identified as a detective constable from a Corporate Area police station and urged to turn himself in for questioning.

He was reportedly held yesterday afternoon at an apartment complex in St Andrew.

Both cops are to be questioned by detectives from the Organised Crime Investigation Division.