Police are questioning a 27-year-old man, who was allegedly nabbed with a 12-gauge shotgun yesterday in Sangre Grande by officers of the Eastern Division Gang and Intelligence Unit (EDGIU).

According to police reports, the suspect, an unemployed man from North Eastern Settlement, Sangre Grande was allegedly held with the firearm along Bonsai Circular, Sangre Grande. At 1.45 pm on April 3rd, 2024, EDGIU and Eastern Division Task Force officers were conducting gang suppression and surveillance exercises in the area when they acted on information about a man walking along a roadway with a firearm.

When EDGIU officers further investigated, they reportedly spotted a male suspect with a large blue bag in his possession and approached him.

A search of the bag ensued following which the firearm was found and seized. The suspect was arrested and is assisting PC Charles of the EDGIU with enquiries.