Four persons were arrested and two firearms seized by officers during ongoing anti-crime exercises conducted across the North Eastern and Eastern Divisions yesterday.
According tot he TTPS, an exercise was conducted between 5 am and 9 am on Tuesday 27th September, 2022 in the Santa Cruz district.
During the exercise, an extensive search was conducted at the Santa Cruz home of a 32-year-old man.
The search resulted in one Glock pistol loaded with a magazine containing 15 rounds of ammunition being discovered on the premises.
The man, who was in the house at the time of the search, was arrested in connection with the find.
The same party of officers also held a 19-year-old of the district in connection with shooting offences.
Officers then proceeded to Jennings Street, where they observed a silver Toyota Axio motor vehicle bearing false registration plates.
Checks revealed that the vehicle had been reported stolen from the Piarco district.
Meanwhile officers also conducted a road check exercise in the Sangre Grande district yesterday, during which they arrested two persons, a 40-year-old and 41-year-old both of Sangre Grande, for possession of quantities of cocaine.
In Manzanilla, officers acting on information, proceeded to a bushy area off Nariva Road, where they conducted a search which resulted in a homemade shotgun and one 12-gauge cartridge being found.
Investigations are ongoing.
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