6 held for drugs, ammunition

Six men are in police custody and a firearm and a quantity of marijuana were seized following police exercises in Santa Cruz yesterday morning.

According to police, the exercises were conducted from Friday at 11 pm to 9 am yesterday and were supervised by DCP Persad with assistance from Snr Supt Sagramsingh, Supt Pragg, ASP Sooker, Insp James, Sgt Guelmo, Cpl Martin, and Cpl Pierre among others.

The officers visited areas in the Santa Cruz and Morvant districts. Acting on a tip-off, they went to an abandoned lot at Vicky Trace, La Canoe Road, Santa Cruz and found a silver and black handgun.

Officers also intercepted and searched a Nissan Tiida with two occupants. They found and seized 500 grammes of marijuana and arrested the two occupants. During the exercise, three people were held for marijuana possession while another was held for possession of cocaine.