The TTPS has seized four AR rifles during an anticrime exercise by officers attached to the Southern Division Task Force and Canine Unit. The exercise was conducted yesterday.

According to the TTPS, they also seized eleven magazines and a quantity of marijuana and arrested three persons.

During the exercise, officers went to the M2 Ring Road in the vicinity of the Debe roundabout, when they had cause to stop a white Nissan Ad Wagon driven by a 30-year-old Venezuelan man who resides at Harmony Hall, Marabella.

A search of the vehicle was conducted and within one white crocus bag officers found four AR Rifles together with eleven magazines. The driver was arrested and taken to the Marabella Police Station.W/Cpl Plenty is continuing enquiries.

The officers, based on intelligence information, proceeded to Hill Top Drive, Claxton Bay, where several homes were searched. During the search, officers found and seized a quantity of marijuana at two homes. The drugs amounted to 175 grams. Two suspects were also
arrested during the exercise and are expected to be charged with possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.