Firearm recovered in Bon Air police operation

A firearm was seized dur­ing an in­tel­li­gence-led ex­er­cise in Bon Air on Thurs­day.

Of­fi­cers of the North Cen­tral Di­vi­sion con­duct­ed the op­er­a­tion be­tween 3:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.

Po­lice said mem­bers of the North Cen­tral Di­vi­sion Gang and In­tel­li­gence Unit and the North Cen­tral Di­vi­sion Task Force, Area East, car­ried out search­es at premis­es linked to per­sons sus­pect­ed of or­gan­ised crim­i­nal ac­tiv­i­ty in Bon Air North and near­by ar­eas.

Dur­ing the ex­er­cise, of­fi­cers found and seized a 9-mil­lime­tre pis­tol.

No ar­rests were re­port­ed up to late Thurs­day.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice said the op­er­a­tion formed part of on­go­ing ef­forts to lo­cate il­le­gal firearms and dis­rupt crim­i­nal ac­tiv­i­ty. Po­lice said the ex­er­cise was based on in­tel­li­gence gath­ered and analysed by of­fi­cers as­signed to the di­vi­sion.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors said mul­ti­ple lo­ca­tions were searched dur­ing the co­or­di­nat­ed op­er­a­tion as part of con­tin­ued work in the dis­trict.

The TTPS said in­tel­li­gence-led polic­ing re­mains a fo­cus in its op­er­a­tions across di­vi­sions.

Of­fi­cers con­tin­ue en­quiries in­to the mat­ter.