One man was arrested and five firearms were seized by officers during ongoing anti-crime operations across the country overnight.
In the latest incident, an intelligence-led exercise was conducted in the Malabar district by officers of the Northern Division, between 5 pm and 10 pm, on Tuesday 17th January, 2023.
During the exercise, officers executed a search warrant at the home of a male suspect, which resulted in one AR-15 rifle, loaded with a magazine containing four rounds of 5.56 ammunition was recovered.
The exercise was coordinated by ACP Mystar, Snr. Supt. Francis, Supt. Kissoonlal, spearheaded by ASP Pitt and Insps. Jugmohan and Davidson and included officers of the Malabar Criminal Investigations Department and Malabar Police Station.
In a separate exercise, officers of the Central Division conducted an exercise between 4:30 am and 7 am, yesterday, during which they executed a search warrant at the Longdenville, Chaguanas home of a male suspect.
The search resulted in one Luger pistol loaded with two rounds of ammunition being discovered.
The suspect who was in the house at the time of the exercise was arrested in connection with the find.
The same party of officers then proceeded to a forested area off Ravine Sable Road, where they conducted a search and found one black Air Rifle.
And officers of the Inter-Agency Task Force conducted an exercise in the Port of Spain Division yesterday, during which they found and seized five pounds of marijuana, at 6th Street Beetham Gardens.
The officers then proceeded to Spring Side Avenue, where they found a Smith and Wesson revolver loaded with three rounds of ammunition, a Taurus pistol, two magazines and 23 rounds of ammunition hidden under a heap of garbage.
Investigations are ongoing.
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