Chaguanas attorney arrested for illegal gun and ammo

A Chaguanas attorney was arrested on October 4 for possession of an unlicensed gun and ammunition.

Police said officers of the Chaguanas Crime Patrol and Central Division Task Force area North went to the Woodford Gardens home of a 31-year-old attorney based on intelligence received during an anti-crime operation.

Equipped with body-worn cameras, a comprehensive search of the home was done in the attorney's presence, during which a plastic bag with 11 rounds of 9 mm ammunition was allegedly found. The officers then went to the attorney's nearby office, where a black Sig Sauer P290 pistol with a magazine containing 13 rounds of nine-millimetre ammunition was allegedly found in a hidden compartment of his desk.

PC Hosein is continuing investigations.

The anti-crime operations took place between 4 am and 8 am on October 4 and were monitored by Supt Glodon, coordinated by ASP Mark Hernandez and directly supervised by Insp Joseph and Sgt Ramsumair.