An assault rifle, the Norinco 7.62mm, which is a Chinese variant of the Russian AK-47 assault rifle and a Taurus .45 Calibre pistol has been recovered and seized by officers in the San Juan area. The assault rifle, according to police officers, is capable of firing 100 rounds of ammunition per minute in fully automatic mode.
According to a police report, around 8 pm on Friday, police officers from the North Eastern Division Task Force (NEDTF) led by Sgt Cornelius Samuel and Cpl Kerwin Martin and including PCs Colin Furlonge, Ameer Ali, Roger Foy and Sunil Mootoor went to Bagatelle Extension Road, San Juan, where they searched a bushy area close to an abandoned structure and found the rifle and the pistol with three rounds of ammunition.
The officers had received information that the weapons were placed at the location to be used in a reprisal shooting that night, in connection with an incident where several men were shot in a bar in the area on Thursday night. The officers of the NEDTF have been intensifying their focus in Bagatelle Extension Road, San Juan and environs, after a sudden increase in violent gun related crime in that area.
No one was arrested in connection with the find. Investigations are continuing.