Gun seized. Photo: TTPS

TWO separate old year’s night police exercises have led to the arrest of five men and seizure of three firearms.

A press release from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service on Thursday reported that two separate anti-crime exercises, one in the Longdenville Police District and one within the North Eastern and Port of Spain Divisions, carried out between December 31 and January 1, resulted in the arrest of five men and the seizure of three firearms and ammunition.

In an anti-crime exercise in the Longdenville Police District officers on December 31, stated the TTPS, officers were led to a residence in Cashew Gardens, where a search uncovered a Browning Short 9mm pistol with a magazine containing seven rounds of 9mm ammunition, as well as a Smith & Wesson 9mm pistol with a magazine containing four rounds of 9mm ammunition.

Five men were arrested and the firearms and ammunition were seized, the TTPS reported.

The men held were a 45-year-old-man of Cashew Gardens, a 38-year-old-man of Enterprise, 37-year-old-man, a 32-year-old man and a 26-year-old-man all from Cunupia.

Meanwhile in the North Eastern and Port of Spain Divisions, officers attached to the Inter-Agency Task Force on mobile patrol around 12:15 am on January 1, observed a man in the vicinity of Pelican Extension, Morvant, carrying what appeared to be a firearm.

The TTPS stated the suspect, seeing the officers, dropped the suspected firearm and fled the area. Officers pursued but were unable to capture the suspect.

A search of the area revealed the suspect was carrying an AR-15 rifle fitted with a magazine containing five rounds of 5.56 ammunition, all of which was seized.

The TTPS stated investigations into both matters were still under investigation.