SEVEN firearms, quantities of ammunition and narcotics were seized by officers over a two-day period.
The items were seized during ongoing Operation Blue Line exercises which were conducted across the country between Monday and Tuesday, a release from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) on Wednesday stated.
On Monday, in the Tobago Division, officers of the Joint Intelligence Patrol Unit, along with the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force, arrested a 30-year-old man of Plymouth Road, for possession of a firearm.
In the Southwestern Division, Task Force officers along with personnel of the Gang Unit, Penal Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and Penal charge room, arrested one Penal man for possession of a Beretta pistol loaded with a magazine containing eight rounds of ammunition. Quantities of marijuana and cocaine were also seized from the home of the suspect.
Additionally, a Penal man, 36, was allegedly held with a quantity of cocaine.
In the Point Fortin district, CID officers acting on information, proceeded to Chin Kit beach, where they conducted a search of a bushy area along the shoreline, where 13 rounds of ammunition were found in a bag.
In the North Eastern Division, Task Force officers seized one pistol, a magazine and 12 rounds of ammunition. A quantity of camouflage clothing was also seized from an abandoned concrete structure.
On Tuesday, Central Division Task Force officers arrested five male suspects and seized one Glock pistol loaded with a magazine containing 10 rounds of ammunition in the vicinity of the Chase Village flyover.
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In the Morvant district, five suspects were arrested for various offences including Common Assault, Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm and Robbery.
One pistol loaded with a magazine containing 12 rounds of ammunition was found hidden under a sheet of galvanise. Officers also seized a quantity of marijuana during the exercise.
North Eastern Division Task Force officers seized a semi-automatic pistol loaded with a magazine containing seven rounds of ammunition from the Morvant district. A quantity of camouflage clothing was also seized.
In the Southern Division, two men, ages 26 and 24 of San Fernando were held for possession of a quantity of ammunition.
And in the Northern Division, Task Force and La Horquetta police station officers acting on information, proceeded to a bushy area in La Horquetta, where they found one Smith and Wesson revolver loaded with two rounds of ammunition.
Investigations are ongoing into all of the above matters.
