Two arrested after police pursuit in Guayacanes, north of Guayaquil
A robbery captured by Segura EP security cameras triggered a police pursuit in northern Guayaquil that ended with two suspects detained.
Active surveillance camera triggers pursuit ending with two arrests in Samanes
A video surveillance camera belonging to Segura EP recorded on Monday 12 October the exact moment when a man robbed a woman in the Guayacanes neighbourhood in northern Guayaquil, according to reporting by expreso.ec. The incident occurred at the corner of Antonio Parra Velasco and Teodoro Alvarado Oleas avenues.
A motorcycle police officer patrolling the area noticed the robbery and approached the location. Upon noticing the presence of the uniformed officer, the suspect released the victim, boarded a black vehicle and fled.
The officer immediately began pursuit, to which other police officers joined in the operation. A video from the officer's body camera shows how he waited for the passage of the automobile and, when the driver did not stop, fired several times at the vehicle.
A few metres further ahead, in the Samanes neighbourhood, the car stopped and two suspects got out of it. They were arrested on the spot by the officers present.
The Interior Minister, John Reimberg, reported that those apprehended "have a record for robbery, intimidation and trafficking in controlled substances". Reimberg added that during the operation a vehicle with an active theft report was also identified.
Among the evidence collected in the procedure were a firearm, six cartridges and two mobile phones.
Source: Google News EC — Guayaquil