Six persons were arrested and a firearm and quantity of narcotics seized by officers during weekend-long anti-crime exercises, conducted across the country.
In the North Eastern Division, Task Force officers conducted an exercise between 10 am and 2 pm, on Sunday, during which they proceeded to Second Caledonia, Morvant.
There they observed a man wanted in connection with a Barataria homicide which occurred on February 26th, 2023.
The suspect was arrested and taken to the Morvant Police Station.
The same party of officers then proceeded to Cipriani Avenue, where they stopped a 23-year-old man of Morvant.
A search resulted in officers finding one silver and black Beretta pistol loaded with one magazine containing 14 rounds of ammunition in his possession.
The suspect was arrested in connection with the find.
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