00:00Investigators in the murder of 42-year-old acting Corporal Anoushka Eversley have obtained a statement from a 28-year
00:07-old municipal police officer suspected of murdering the policewoman early Sunday morning at the San Fernando municipal police station.
00:14Sources told TV6 News that the suspect in a killing was questioned for several hours by homicide investigators today, during
00:21which a statement was recorded.
00:23Just after 3pm this afternoon, sources said that police left to go to the DPP's office to obtain further instructions
00:30on how to proceed in the matter.
00:32Sources explained that apart from the murder rap, the suspect is also facing several other charges related to the theft
00:38of the arms and ammunition, but those charges are expected to be preferred once the murder charge is laid.
00:44Police are also trying to piece together, with the assistance of nine other suspects, how the operation went down after
00:50the firearms were removed from the police station early Sunday morning, while Eversley lay dead nearby.
00:57Sources said there were plans to sell a huge portion of the firearms to a well-known criminal figure in
01:01San Fernando, who is in an ongoing war with counterparts in the Point Forte area.
01:06Since the incident, police have recovered 38 firearms and 10 suspects have been taken into custody following two police operations
01:13over the last 24 hours.
01:15Mark Bessant, TV6 News.
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