Two men were arrested over the weekend for throwing stones at cars on the Valencia Bypass.
Police believe attacks are part of a ploy by perpetrators to get motorists to stop so they can rob them.
The arrests came even as people took to social media website, Facebook, over the weekend to highlight the attacks.
A photo of a large stone was shared on the site by a friend of one victim with a caption stating: “This is what a friend of mine found in his car last night after passing on the Valencia bypass last night. Luckily his glass was down so he only heard a noise in the car. Be careful in the back there, especially at night. Please repost to warn your friends.”
Senior Supt Sacenarine Mahabir, head of the Eastern Division, yesterday told the T&T Guardian that three teenagers, ranging in ages from 17 to 19, were arrested, charged and appeared in the Sangre Grande Magistrates Court on charges of malicious damage to vehicles.
Facebook users stated the people were throwing the stones with the intent to rob the drivers who stopped. Mahabir, however, said the police had no reports of any robberies.
“We had some reports of people throwing rocks. Over the weekend we held three young fellas. We had no account of a robbery and no evidence of any robberies taking place,” Mahabir said.
Last Monday, 32-year-old Murlesha Majid, of San Francique, was shot and wounded along the Beetham Highway after her brother-in-law Rajpath Balgobin stopped so his wife could change their son’s diaper.
A group of men reportedly attempted to surround the car as it was parked, firing shots as Balgobin drove off when they realised they were being attacked.