A PISTOL, ammunition and cases of alcohol were seized from four illegal Venezuelan immigrants.
The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) in a release on Thursday said officers of the South Western Division intercepted the illegal immigrants and seized the items during an anti-crime exercise conducted in the Division on Wednesday.
Based on information received, the officers proceeded to School Road, Santa Flora, in the vicinity of Mahawal Beach, where four Venezuelan immigrants were intercepted.
When the officers searched the suspects, they discovered one Beretta Pistol, two rounds of 9mm ammunition and twenty cases of alcohol.
The suspects were detained and the illegal firearm, ammunition and alcohol were seized.
The exercise was co-ordinated by Senior Superintendent Teewarie, ASP Mathura, Inspector Marcelle, Sergeants Khan and Sobie and PC Seecharan. It also included officers of the South Western Division Task Force, the Criminal Investigation Department and the Canine Unit.
Additionally, in the Central Division, officers received information then proceeded to a bushy unoccupied lot in the Exchange Housing Development. When the officers searched the area, they found one Glock 19 Pistol fitted with a magazine containing four rounds of 9mm ammunition hidden in a rusted barrel.
The officers took possession of the firearm and ammunition.
