AN AR-15 Rifle is among seven firearms seized by police over the weekend.
Nine suspects, who were also arrested for various offences during police operations, are also assisting detectives with enquiries, the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) stated in a release on Sunday.
On Sunday morning, police officers attached to the Pinto Road Police Post, Arima Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Guard and Emergency Branch and the Canine Unit, executed seven raids at various locations in the Pinto district.
During the operation, Northern Division police officers seized an AR-15 Rifle, a magazine with 12 rounds of 5.56 ammunition, two rounds of 9mm ammunition, a camouflage handbag containing three scales, 236 grammes of marijuana and two holsters at a house along Hoyte Avenue, Pinto Road, Arima.
CID detectives are following leads on the suspects wanted in connection with this find.
On Friday, Northern Division police officers also arrested nine suspects for various offences following exercises in the Arima, D’Abadie, Hoyte Avenue, Malabar, Maturita and Pinto areas.
On Saturday night, Western Division Task Force (WDTF) police officers proceeded to Smith Hill and Big Yard, Carenage, where they conducted raids resulting in the seizure of a silver Beretta Pistol outfitted with an extended magazine which contained 15 rounds of 9mm ammunition.
PC Peltier of the WDTF is continuing enquiries.
Also on Saturday, police officers attached to the Inter-Agency and South-Western Division Task Forces, Crime Patrol and Traffic Units and the Cedros Police Station also raided several drug blocks and shacks at the Fullerton Fishing Facility where they found one .380 Lorcin Pistol with three rounds of .380 ammunition and three packets which contained 1.5 kilogrammes of marijuana.
