Man arrested; firearms seized in Central Division exercise

A 35-year-old man has been ar­rest­ed and two firearms and am­mu­ni­tion seized dur­ing an an­ti-crime ex­er­cise in the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion on Tues­day.

The ex­er­cise took place be­tween 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. un­der Op­er­a­tion Steady­guard – CDTF North.

At about 1:30 p.m., of­fi­cers of the Ch­agua­nas Crim­i­nal In­ves­ti­ga­tion De­part­ment, Cen­tral Op­er­a­tions and the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion Task Force act­ed on in­tel­li­gence and went to a res­i­dence along Ca­roni Sa­van­nah Road, Char­lieville.

Of­fi­cers searched the premis­es and seized one Smith and Wes­son .40 cal­i­bre pis­tol with a mag­a­zine con­tain­ing twelve rounds of am­mu­ni­tion, one 12-gauge shot­gun, six­teen rounds of .40 cal­i­bre am­mu­ni­tion, twelve rounds of .38 cal­i­bre am­mu­ni­tion and ten 12-gauge car­tridges.

The sus­pect, of Char­lieville, was ar­rest­ed on sus­pi­cion of traf­fick­ing in firearms and pos­ses­sion of am­mu­ni­tion. He was cau­tioned and tak­en to the Ch­agua­nas Po­lice Sta­tion.

Po­lice said en­quiries are on­go­ing.

The ex­er­cise forms part of op­er­a­tions aimed at re­duc­ing crim­i­nal ac­tiv­i­ty in the di­vi­sion.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice called on mem­bers of the pub­lic to sup­port law en­force­ment by shar­ing in­for­ma­tion on crim­i­nal ac­tiv­i­ty.

Re­ports can be made anony­mous­ly through TTPS hot­lines or at any po­lice sta­tion.

Po­lice said in­for­ma­tion from the pub­lic con­tin­ues to as­sist in­ves­ti­ga­tions and op­er­a­tions across di­vi­sions.