Six illegal guns were seized by police during two anti-crime exercises in west and central Trinidad between Tuesday night and yesterday morning. Five of the weapons along with a quantity of ammunition and illegal drugs were recovered as Western Division police, led by Senior Supt Ishmael David, searched several homes in Petit Valley early yesterday morning. Police said they found a 9mm Glock pistol, three kilos of cocaine and a quantity of marijuana at a house at Hibiscus Drive, Petit Valley.
At Cameron Hill, Petit Valley, police said they found two home-made shotguns and a .38 revolver hidden in a house. Less than an hour later, a fifth gun and two pistol magazines were seized at a house at Pioneer Drive, Petit Valley. No arrests were made during the raids but investigators said arrest warrants are expected to be issued for the owners of the respective properties.
The guns were taken for forensic testing to determine if they had been used in recent shootings in west Trinidad. In a separate exercise, around 6.30 pm on Tuesday, officers of the Central Division Task Force were on patrol at Union Village, Felicity, when they stopped two men travelling in a white Nissan Bluebird Sylphy. A loaded 9 mm pistol with 15 rounds of ammunition was found in the trunk, police said.
The two suspects are expected to go on several identification parades before they are charged for possession of an illegal gun later this week. Cpls Persad and Bassant and PC Baksh were involved in the exercise.