The police have arrested five persons while the search for other suspects are ongoing following an incident at Port Launay on Friday night.

The arrest followed an incident when a group of workers from the Seychelles Agricultural Agency (SAA) together with SSPCA personnel were attacked by a group of Port Launay residents when they were trapping stray dogs by injecting them with tranquilisers.

The group of residents claimed that the SAA and SSPCA personnel were killing their dogs. The SAA and SSPCA personnel had to seek refuge within the premises of Constance Ephelia Resort to escape the attack.

More than a month after being reported missing Marvin Asba has still not been found and on Thursday evening an expert in forensics and missing persons, Brigadier Leonie Ras from South Africa, arrived in the country to help in the case.

The expert, who was recommended to the Seychelles Police by Interpol following a request for help the local police made last month, is accompanied by two expert dog handlers specialised in search and rescue ‒ warrant officers Van Rooyen and Prinsloo whose dogs are trained in detecting a person on and below the ground as well as in the water.

Yesterday morning the team was briefed by police commissioner Reginald Elizabeth and the CID officer leading the investigation as well as other officers working on the case.

Speaking to the local press soon after the briefing, Commissioner Elizabeth said it has taken some time for the expert to arrive as there are procedures to follow and the expert had to conclude work on important cases she was working on before being granted authorisation from her superiors to travel here.

Commissioner Elizabeth said the experts have received a detailed overview of the case from the day the young man was reported missing, all the investigation that  has taken place up to now so they could add their input and decide on how to conduct their own investigation.