Cops find guns, ammo, gun accessories at Couva warehouse

Just four days after seizing a large cache of guns and ammunition at the Piarco International Airport Bond, police raided a warehouse in Couva on Monday and made a similar find.

It included over 1,600 rounds of assorted ammunition, five guns, including an assault rifle with scope, several magazines, and gun accessories.

A police release on Tuesday said at around 9 pm on Sunday, Special Investigations Unit (SIU) officers got a tip-off about an imported container of household appliances. The shipment was at the warehouse off the Southern Main Road in Mc Bean Village.

Police said the items entered the country sometime around the end of February.

Together with officers from the Central Gang Intelligence Team and the Customs and Excise Division, SIU officers searched the container and made the find at around 7 am on Monday.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Intelligence and Investigations) Mc Donald Jacob thanked the various units for their "continued commitment in ridding the streets of these weapons."

He said the two recent seizures showed weapons and ammunition were coming through legal ports of entry.

Jacob said with the recent formation of the Central Intelligence Bureau and the public's co-operation, the police continue to carry out intelligence-led exercises throughout the country.