A police inspector working with a special unit in the service is now under investigation, after reporting that he was attacked by thieves while driving home and robbed of court documents and his service revolver.

The internal investigation was launched after the ’stolen’ gun was taken to police headquarters by a Marabella businessman who said he found it at a bar.

The officer had reported that while driving home in South Trinidad last month, when he was forced to stop along a lonely stretch of a canefield road after a car pulled across the path of his vehicle.

The officer said the men stole his gun and ammunition, personal identification documents, and a briefcase containing documents related to cases in which he was involved.

Detectives were searching for two suspects until the gun taken in by the businessman was traced back to the inspector.