Cops find gun under ice in car trunk in Belmont

Two men are in custody after they were found with a pistol and ammunition in Belmont on Monday night.

Police said members of the Port of Spain Task Force on patrol at around 7 pm on Norfolk Street stopped and searched a white Nissan Tiida.

They found a gun and magazine hidden inside a styrofoam cooler under a bag of ice in the trunk.

The two men who were in the car, 22 and 37, were arrested and are expected to be charged for the weapon on Tuesday.

The exercise was co-ordinated by ACP Gaffar and led by Snr Supt Nobbee, Supt Ramnarine and ASP Cumberbatch with field operations from Insp Knott, Sgt Alexander, and Cpls Modeste, Huggins, Mohammed and St Bernard.