Police have arrested two 17-year-old students following a gun incident on a bus in Manchester last Friday.

The brothers, who attend a prominent high school in the parish, were detained over the weekend following investigations into reports that a gun was pulled at a bus conductor after he asked them for their bus fares.

Conductor fled

The boys have been charged with illegal possession of firearm and assault at common law and are to appear in the Mandeville RM Court today.

Deputy Superintendent Gasford Cole, head of the Christiana Police Station, sai  that the students were passengers on a minibus travelling from Mandeville to Christiana, when on reaching close to their destination, they were asked by the conductor to pay their fares. DSP Cole said the two refused and one brandished a gun and pointed it at the conductor.

It is alleged that the conductor fled the bus and went and hid in nearby bushes until the gunslinging students were gone, after which he reported the matter to the Christiana police.

Deputy Superintendent Cole said police investigations led to the arrest of the two students over the weekend.

Asked whether there is cause for concern that guns are in schools in his police division, DSP Cole said he has heard that guns were being carried by students but that last Friday's incident was the first real case that had been brought to his attention.