THE lively drug trade bubbling barely below the surface in Obs burst out into the open when a suspect fled a police operation, raced down Trill Road in an Opel Corsa and rammed into a stationary car in front of Mimi in Lower Main Road.
The Claremont crime intelligence unit and the Mowbray Police were involved in what appears to be a police sting gone wrong.
One Police source said weeks of detective work was wasted when a search of the suspect’s car revealed nothing.
The chase started outside Mezani Lounge in Main Road and involved several police vehicles. Lower Main between Trill and Station Road was instantly blocked off when the suspect smashed into the car.
The man, an unidentified foreign national, was cornered by four police vans and one private car, and a plain-clothes detective searched the vehicle. He ripped out floorboards, door panels, lifted seats, and checked below the car.
The suspect, believed to be a bartender at Mezani, was argumentative and kept on shouting at the police. He also argued with the owner of the maroon Ford into which he crashed.
He did not have drivers licence, and said the car belonged to his brother.
He was arrested when he tried to bar the police from continuing the search on his car. He was taken to the Mowbray police station, but was later released.
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