Police arrest 2, seize 3 guns

Two men were arrested, three firearms and quantities of ammunition and narcotics were seized during anti-crime exercises in the South Western and Eastern divisions ovwe the weekend.

Police said on February 15, around 7.40 pm in the Point Fortin district, officers went to Seventh Street, Techier Village, where they saw a group of men in the road. The men fled when they saw the officers.

A search of the area resulted in police finding a Smith and Wesson revolver, loaded with one round of ammunition, in a bushy area.

In the Eastern Division, task force officers did an exercise between 10 am and 3 pm on Saturday, and went to North Eastern Settlement, Sangre Grande.

They arrested a 27-year-old man for possession of a quantity of cannabis. The officers then went to Foster Road, where they found a pistol loaded with a magazine containing 13 rounds of ammunition, under a fruit tree.

A 35-year-old man was arrested.

In the Central Division, an exercise led by ACP Collis Hazel, between 5 and 9 am on Saturday, led officers to a forested area off Todd’s Road, Caparo. There they found a homemade shotgun and one 12-gauge cartridge.