12-12-2005, 12:50 PM
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Too Awesome for Aardvarks
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4518730.stm
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Police searching for the killers of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford last month have arrested one of the men they had previously named as suspects.
West Yorkshire Police said Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah, 24, was one of two men held after an armed operation in Newport, south Wales, on Monday.
They said the search for another named suspect, Mustaf Jama, 25, continues.
Gwent Police said the two arrested men, aged 23 and 24, would be taken to West Yorkshire for questioning.
Det Supt Andy Brennan of West Yorkshire Police said: "Officers are still keen to trace 25-year-old Mustaf Jama and urge him to contact the police as a matter of urgency."
His brother, Yusuf Jama, 19, has already appeared in court charged with Pc Beshenivsky's murder.
Armed police arrested two people in Newport at the scene of an earlier 14-hour siege, which began on Sunday and ended early on Monday.
Police sealed off the scene of Monday's arrests
Officers had surrounded a house in Cromwell Road on Sunday saying they wanted to speak to a man over a firearms offence.
The siege ended at 0100 GMT on Monday, but Gwent Police officers stayed in the area and two people were arrested at about 1245 GMT.
The road, which had been sealed off, was reopened just after 1530 GMT.
Homes evacuated
Pc Beshenivsky was shot dead while investigating a robbery in Bradford on 18 November. Her colleague, Pc Teresa Milburn, 37, was also shot and injured.
Homes in Newport's Cromwell Road had been evacuated on Sunday as police tried to make contact with the man they said they had wanted to question.
Other people living nearby were told to stay indoors and away from windows.
Monday's arrests came as people were returning to their homes.
St Patrick's primary school was in the middle of the cordon set up on Monday and parents were waiting at either end to pick up their children.
At a later press conference, Detective Superintendent Kevin Price said it had been "a fast-changing situation" but he emphasised that the safety of the public and police officers had been taken into account throughout the operation.
Reward
He added that there was "no indication" the third man still wanted by West Yorkshire Police over Pc Beshenivsky's killing was in the area.
Paula Drummond said her nine-year-old daughter, Dominique, was among the children in the school when the arrests were made.
She had earlier said: "I'm worried sick. When I brought my daughter down to school at 10.30am, the road was all clear. Three hours later I heard it had all kicked off again but I can't get in any closer."
Gwent Police have declined to say exactly what had led to the weekend's siege but have thanked residents for their co-operation throughout.
Meanwhile, Det Supt Brennan reminded the public that there was a £90,000 reward available for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for Pc Beshenivsky's death.
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