Playing it cool with the cops was not something three men carrying an illegal firearm in the capital on Saturday thought to do.

The trio, 25, 22 and 18, were joyriding on a motorbike and decided to ignore a red light. When patrolling police tried pulling them over, the men upped their pace.

The officers were up for the chase, however, and soon caught up with the men and searched them. A gun was found and the three men were arrested and later charged. DEUM AMPIL