At the request of the Chief Public Prosecutor Wesselink, in consultation with the chief KPSM, the attorney general Stein of St.Maarten ordered the National Detective’s Agency to conduct a criminal investigation involving police offiver A.M., who is currently not working as a police offiver. Wednesday November 20th, the Agency did a house search in Cole Bay. The Public Prosecution Service was closely involved in the preparations of, and gave permission to the raid. During the house search a service fire-arm and ammunition had been found. The police officer has been arrested in violation of the Fire-arm Ordinance, but was released after interrogation. He remains a suspect. The Agency continues the investigation, and sutdies the origin of the fire-arm and ammunition and if the suspect receievd those to practice his service. The investigation focuses in particular on whether the suspect had the fire-arm and ammunition legally in his possession.