Man held with firearm in Laventille

One man was ar­rest­ed and a firearm and am­mu­ni­tion were seized dur­ing an op­er­a­tion in Laven­tille on Fri­day Jan­u­ary 30, 2026.

Po­lice said of­fi­cers of the In­ter-Agency Task Force were in­ves­ti­gat­ing a re­port of wound­ing by shoot­ing at Vil­lage Coun­cil Street, Laven­tille, around 5:10 pm, when they re­ceived in­for­ma­tion about ex­plo­sions in an­oth­er area of the dis­trict.

Of­fi­cers pro­ceed­ed to that lo­ca­tion to con­duct en­quiries. On ar­rival, they ob­served a male run­ning from the area with a bag. Of­fi­cers pur­sued the sus­pect and de­tained him af­ter a chase.

Po­lice said a search of the bag led to the dis­cov­ery of one firearm and one mag­a­zine con­tain­ing 30 rounds of am­mu­ni­tion. The items were seized as part of the in­ves­ti­ga­tion.

The sus­pect, a 21-year-old man of Mor­vant, was ar­rest­ed in con­nec­tion with the find. He re­mains in po­lice cus­tody as in­ves­ti­ga­tions con­tin­ue.

The ini­tial re­port of wound­ing by shoot­ing is al­so un­der in­ves­ti­ga­tion. Po­lice did not pro­vide in­for­ma­tion on any in­jured per­sons or the sta­tus of any vic­tim.

The ex­er­cise formed part of on­go­ing op­er­a­tions in the Laven­tille dis­trict in­volv­ing of­fi­cers as­signed to joint pa­trols and re­sponse du­ties.

Po­lice said the op­er­a­tion was led by DCP Mar­tin and in­volved ACP Hazel, Snr. Supt. Ram­nar­ine, Supt. Ram­sook, ASP Morales, ASP Singh and In­sp. Matas.

The In­ter-Agency Task Force in­cludes of­fi­cers from mul­ti­ple di­vi­sions and units who work to­geth­er on pa­trols, in­ves­ti­ga­tions and re­sponse to re­ports in­volv­ing firearms and vi­o­lent of­fences.

Po­lice urged mem­bers of the pub­lic to con­tin­ue co­op­er­at­ing with law en­force­ment by re­port­ing in­for­ma­tion re­lat­ed to il­le­gal firearms and crim­i­nal ac­tiv­i­ty.