In response to a recent spike in the incidents of shootings and woundings in the Northern Division (ND), several coordinated intelligence-led operations, inclusive of increased foot and mobile patrols and road check exercises were launched over the past 72 hours.
Operational units of the ND, Area North, paid close attention to the Maloney, Hoyte Avenue, Punette Avenue and Pinto Road, areas during the period.
As a result, one man was held for possession of one AR-15 rifle and 13 rounds of 5.56 ammunition in the Punette Avenue area.
This gun seizure, is in addition to one Beretta pistol and a Taurus pistol discovered in the Eastern and Northern Divisions respectively, between 3 pm and 7 pm, yesterday. A Princes Town man was arrested in connection with those finds.
Meanwhile, an anti-crime exercise conducted in the North Eastern Division (NED), between 9 pm and 11 pm, on Wednesday 24th August, 2022, resulted in officers proceeding to Lootoo Street, El Socorro, where they conducted a search of an abandoned house.
The search resulted in officers finding several aluminum packets containing 5.2 kilogrammes of marijuana in a room of the house.
Investigations are ongoing.
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