Investigators from the St Catherine North police are investigating the circumstances under which a truck, laden with bags of sugar, was reportedly commandeered and the items stolen.

According to police reports, on Tuesday afternoon, the laden truck was travelling from another location in St Catherine, destined for Bernard Lodge, also in the parish.

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The driver of the truck was reportedly held up by a group of men on a dirt track close to the final destination.

The thugs are said to have taken the truck to the community of Heart-lands, St Catherine, where they unloaded the items.

The police say the truck contained more than 500 bags of sugar.

Further reports are that the driver was then taken to Old Harbour Bay in the parish where he was released.

He later alerted the police.