Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der is con­fi­dent that the po­lice will thor­ough­ly and fair­ly in­ves­ti­gate the re­port­ed theft of a gun from a Spe­cial Re­serve Po­lice (SRP) of­fi­cer, who had at­tend­ed a Christ­mas din­ner at his sta­tion on Thurs­day night.

The of­fi­cer told in­ves­ti­ga­tors that he left the venue af­ter mid­night on Thurs­day but drove to Baz­zard Street, Monte Grande, Tu­na­puna, when he be­gan to feel un­well and even­tu­al­ly lost con­scious­ness.

The of­fi­cer lat­er re­port­ed that he awoke at around 10.30 am on Fri­day when he no­ticed that his per­son­al firearm–a Smith and Wes­son MRJ6459–and mag­a­zine con­tain­ing 17 rounds of 9 mm am­mu­ni­tion was miss­ing from the hol­ster.