On Friday, two illegal firearms were seized in Toco, in the Eastern Division, during an intelligence-led exercise in which police were in search of a suspect involved in a report of wounding with intent.

The suspect was intercepted along Beegs Trace Road, holding a blue knapsack. When officers conducted a search, they found one shotgun, one nine-millimetre pistol, 16 rounds of nine-millimetre ammunition and one 12-gauge cartridge. The items were seized and the suspect was arrested.

During an anti-crime exercise on Friday, officers of the Santa Cruz Criminal Investigations Department, North Eastern Division, received information then proceeded to Sam Boucaud Extension and Saddle Road, Upper Santa Cruz. A search was conducted under the bridge, where officers found one homemade shotgun together with a black plastic bag containing four shotgun cartridges.

Also on Friday, officers of the Northern Division acting on information, proceeded to Henry Street, Arouca, where a search was conducted in a bushy area on the eastern side of the said roadway.

A black piece of fabric was found, which when examined, contained one Jennings pistol outfitted with one magazine containing seven rounds of nine-millimetre ammunition. The firearm and ammunition were seized along with a quantity of cocaine.

Additionally, two men were arrested when officers of the North Central Division Special Investigations Unit and the North Central Division Task Force, Area West, proceeded to a house in the Caroni district, where they seized one assault rifle, loaded with a magazine containing 20 rounds of ammunition and one Glock pistol loaded with a magazine containing 10 rounds of ammunition. The officers also found quantities of narcotics and a bullet proof vest.

Meanwhile, on Saturday officers of the North Eastern Division Task Force and Emergency Response Patrol Tactical Unit conducted an exercise in the Central Division. The officers executed a search warrant at a house located at Constance Street, Chaguanas, where they found one Ruger 45 pistol, fitted with a magazine, one extended magazine, 95 rounds of nine-millimetre ammunition, 32 rounds of .40 ammunition and six rounds of .45 ammunition hidden in a secret compartment in a closet in a bedroom. The illegal firearm and ammunition were seized and one man was arrested.

Around 11:20 pm on Friday, a search was conducted at an abandoned apartment in a Housing Development Corporation building located at Harmony Hall Settlement in the Southern Division. There, officers found a black plastic bag containing 16 rounds of .380 ammunition, 14 rounds of nine-millimetre ammunition, eight rounds of 5.56 ammunition and four rounds of 7.62 ammunition under a pile of rubble.

Two men were arrested for possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking when officers conducted stop and search exercises in Manzanilla in the Eastern Division. When officers stopped and searched a Nissan Tiida vehicle, they found a black garbage bag containing 1.34 kilogrammes of marijuana. The marijuana was seized and the two occupants of the vehicle were arrested.

Arima Municipal Police also seized a quantity of marijuana on Friday. The officers observed a group of men on along Jones Town area in the vicinity of the Santa Rosa Cemetery, who upon seeing the officers, ran off and escaped through some bushes.

Police searched the immediate vicinity where the men were last seen standing and found 626 grammes of cocaine. Arima Municipal Police also found a black plastic bag containing 19 rounds of 7.62 ammunition when they searched an abandoned lot located at Pomegranate Avenue, Arima.