POLICE DETECTIVES have arrested and jointly charged two men in connection with a series of burglaries at villas along the West Coast.
Twenty-seven-year-old Akeil Hezekiah Callender of Sunnyside Court, Deacons Farm, St Michael and 33-year-old Jamal Oneal Hurley of Deacons Farm have been charged with six counts of burglary.
Hurley was charged with an additional count of burglary.
Both men are expected to appear at the Holetown Magistrates Court today.
The Royal Barbados Police Force had appealed to the public to identify a number of men wanted for questioning in connection with a serious criminal matter. Photographs were circulated of the unknown men who had distinctive tattoos.
The police thanked the public and the media for their “invaluable assistance”. (PR/NB)