Four men, believed to have carried out a series of robberies in Manchester are now in police custody after a reported shoot-out along the Bustamante Highway in Clarendon.

The men, travelling in a black Toyota Axio, crashed in a ditch near the highway intersection with the Four Paths Main Road while being chased by the police.

They had earlier eluded cops at a checkpoint.

The police say during a shootout, two men were found suffering from gunshot wounds and were arrested and taken to a hospital.

A third was immediately taken into custody.

According to the police, during a search of the area the fourth man was found in the bushes suffering from a gunshot wound.

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