Police are investigating the authenticity of five photos which were posted on social media depicting men posing with high-powered rifles.
Police say the guns are obviously illegal weapons and are believed to be in the hands of gang members in the central Trinidad.
Over the last few weeks there has been a resurgence of shootings and murders in the central Trinidad and police swooped down on the Enterprise, Chaguanas, district on the weekend.
While they recovered two home-made guns, a small quantity of cocaine, officers involved in the raid said gang members were tipped off about the raid.
Police said yesterday, however, they were unable to state when the pictures were taken.
For the year, several Facebook posts have been under scrutiny by police after photos and videos surfaced of people, sometimes school children, brandishing guns, drugs and wads of cash.
Over the weekend, a video was posted on Facebook showing children firing assault weapons in what appeared to be a training camp. A man with a distinct Trinidadian accent is heard giving instructions. Police were unable to say yesterday if the video was made locally.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Carlton Alleyne said the video had been referred to the Criminal Gang and Intelligence Unit for further investigation.
“I asked them to pursue it and it may not be local. We are checking on it. I don’t know where that is,” he said.
Alleyne said it was unfortunate the adults in the video were exposing children to that type of activity.
“To be imbedding and exposing their young minds to that sort of thing is nothing good. It cannot bring positive results. Asserting that kind of threat in their young minds, how can we be responsible as a country?” he asked.
So far, no one has been arrested in relation to any of those investigations.