A soldier and a Venezuelan national are among three men arrested when police found a gun and ammo in a vehicle on Monday morning.
In a release the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) stated that the member of the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment was among three men arrested when a firearm and a quantity of ammunition were found hidden in a vehicle.
Officers of the Inter-Agency Task Force, were conducting an exercise around 10.30 am on Monday with the assistance of the Special Investigations Unit, when they intercepted a white three-tonne truck with three male occupants in the vicinity of the Port-of-Spain lighthouse, the release stated.
After searching the vehicle police found one Smith and Wesson pistol and 28 rounds of ammunition being found under the driver’s seat.
Police said the Venezuelan resides in Carapo and the other man arrested is from Freeport.
