Police are looking for three men who were allegedly involved in assaulting an on duty police officer in Nadera last week.

According to police the three suspects and two others were trying to enter a dwelling house by cutting the grills when two police officers from Valelevu Police station saw them.

The robbers overpowered the officers and one of the suspects hit the police officer with an iron rod. As a result the officer received serious facial injuries and was treated at the CWM Hospital.

Police say the suspects fled the scene however police managed to arrest two of them later in the week. The other three suspects are believed to be from Nadera and remain on the run.