Whatever the plans of three men who on Saturday attempted to check into a St Mary hotel with three underage girls were, they did not get very far with them as police acting swiftly on tips showed up at the establishment and arrested the trio.

Reports reaching THE STAR are that sometime after 4 p.m. the three men showed up at the hotel and were seen checking themselves in along with the three youngsters, two of them being 13 years old and the other a 14-year-old.

The act raised the suspicion of onlookers who, this newspaper was told, called the authorities. The lawmen then showed up at the Port Maria facility, where they arrested all three men.

When the Port Maria police was contacted, the senior officer on duty would neither confirm nor deny the reports, only stating that she was not authorised to speak to the media.

Police sources from the Constabulary Communication Network (CCN), however, confirmed the incident but noted that due to the nature of the case and the minors involved, much details regarding the specifics of the matter would not be given.

The police source said that the three men are still in police custody and could face charges of attempting to have carnal knowledge of minors as early as this week.

It was not ascertained as to how the minors came to have been in the company of the three men.