It started after 11:00 on St. Thomas Street at Cooking Master restaurant where two armed, masked men jumped out of a van, grabbed the owner who was sitting outside and forced him inside at gunpoint. They then robbed him of a bag with cash and ran off, firing two shots as they left.

No one was injured, and the men hopped into the waiting van and sped off. But police on routine mobile patrol saw the van and stopped it. Inside they found 6 men - all form the Jump street or Wagner's lane area - many of them very well known to the cops.

Inside, they found two guns, many rounds of ammunition along with everything that had been stolen from the restaurant. The 6 men were detained for Kept Firearm and Ammunition without a license and Robbery, and are held pending charges.

Today the Commissioner of Police Chester Williams held a recognition award ceremony for those 6 Police Officers who made that swift detention and weapons recovery.