As po­lice con­tin­ued their search yes­ter­day for two re­main­ing sus­pects linked to home in­va­sions in parts of Cunu­pia, res­i­dents said they felt more at ease amid fre­quent pa­trols and height­ened se­cu­ri­ty ac­tiv­i­ty in the com­mu­ni­ty.

Ac­cord­ing to a po­lice me­dia re­lease, eight armed men robbed a 70-year-old farmer at his home around 3.30 am on Sat­ur­day, es­cap­ing with $1,120. A re­port was made and of­fi­cers of the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion, the Home In­va­sion Team (HIT), and sol­diers from the Reg­i­ment were de­ployed.

Po­lice lat­er tracked and in­ter­cept­ed the sus­pects along Ram­nar­ine Trace, off Es­mer­al­da Road. Dur­ing the pur­suit, the men re­port­ed­ly opened fire on of­fi­cers, who re­turned fire, killing three sus­pects and ar­rest­ing two oth­ers.