Man held with pistol in Cunupia

One man is in police custody after he was found with a pistol in Cunupia on Wednesday night.

Police said members of the Cunupia CID were on patrol along Chin Chin Road, at around 8 pm when they searched a group of men and found a pistol and eight rounds of ammunition in the waistband of one of them.

The 29-year-old man, who is from Caroni Savannah Road, Chaguanas, was arrested and taken to the Cunupia Police Station for questioning.