Police Update on Sloc Incident

The Police have issued an update on the incident which has left the Sloc closed throughout the day.

The road remains closed as the officer search for people who were in the car but fled.

A statement said: ‘As we continue to hold the road closure in place in the area of The Sloc in the south of the island, we can now confirm that at approximately 00.10am this morning, Thursday

‘October 26, Officers had cause to stop a vehicle in this area.  However, during attempts to stop this vehicle it made off from Officers before being located at the top of the Sloc stationary with all occupants decanted from the vehicle.  A road closure was put in place to contain the area whilst a number of Officers could conduct systematic searches to locate them.

‘At this time we strongly believe the occupants of the vehicle to still be in the area currently contained by the road closure.  We can confirm the vehicle in question was not involved in a collision at any point, therefore we believe the occupants to be uninjured but are continuing to actively avoid the Police.

‘We will continue to hold the road closure in place until the occupants of the vehicle are located.  We apologise for any inconvenience to the public and would ask that the public still avoid the area.

‘We would encourage the public not to attend this area to help with the search as we have the appropriate trained officers working to locate these persons.  We can confirm there is no risk to the public and would again encourage the public not to speculate.’