By Sue-Ann Wayow
ALMOST 100 firearms have been seized by police for 2022.
The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) in a press release on Monday stated that for the year 2022, officers have seized 94 firearms and arrested several persons in an effort to reduce gun violence and restore a sense of safety to communities.
Over the weekend, eight illegal firearms and a quantity of ammunition were seized, the TTPS stated.
A successful operation in Laventille on Sunday led to the seizure of an American Umni Hybrid Multi Calibre Rifle fitted with a scope, a Stag Arms Rifle, a Glock 19 Pistol fitted with a laser attachment, a Glock 27 Pistol, a Glock speedloader, a M16 magazine speedloader and a CYA holster. One man was arrested in connection with this seizure.
Also on Sunday, officers of the Northern Division proceeded to La Retreat Road, Arima where they searched a bushy area. There they found and seized one Sig Sauer pistol with five rounds 7.62 ammunition and five rounds of nine-millimetre ammunition, which was concealed in a black plastic bag.
A firearm and seven rounds of ammunition were also seized when officers responded to a report that a man was in possession of a firearm at Acono Road, Maracas, St Joseph.
Additionally, Southern Division officers received intelligence which led them to Orchid Gardens, Pleasantville where a Browning pistol with two rounds of nine-millimetre ammunition and fitted with a silencer were seized.
On Friday, in the Eastern Division, officers found and seized parts of a home-made shotgun when they searched a known drug area at Mafeking Village, Mayaro, on Friday.
Over the weekend police also seized a quantity of ammunition including 11 pistol magazines, 11 rifle magazines, 245 rounds of 5.56 ammunition, 64 rounds of nine-millimetre ammunition and 85 rounds of 40 calibre ammunition.
