One man has been arrested, and a gun, along with a quantity of ammunition, have been seized by police in joint anti-crime exercises with soldiers in the South Western Division on March 22.
Acting on intelligence, officers went to a residence on Beach Road in Icacos, Cedros.
They searched the residence and found a Glock-17 pistol with a magazine containing eight rounds of 9 mm ammunition.
The officers then went to another residence in the same area, however, nothing illegal was found.
Officers subsequently went about 100 metres into a coconut estate on the southern side of Icacos Beach and searched the area.
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There, they found a black plastic bag hidden in a dried coconut tree stump.
Inside the bag, the police discovered 55 rounds of 9 mm ammunition, 27 rounds of 5.56 mm ammunition, one round of 7.62 mm ammunition, one round of 5.39 mm ammunition, a rifle magazine and two curved metal magazines.
The illegal items were seized and taken to the police station.
Members of the Special Operations Unit carried out the exercises, co-ordinated by ACP Richard Smith and Snr Supt Roger Alexander, and led by ASP St Clair and Sgt Baptiste.
The exercises also included members of the K-9 Unit and the Defence Force Special Operations Forces (TTDF SOF).
