The operation also led to the seizure of 1.3 kilogrammes of marijuana.
It was coordinated By ACP Belfon, Snr Supt Ramkhelawan, supervised by Supt Williams, ASP Coggins, Insp Pitt, and a party of Police officers from the Maloney CID, Northern Division Intel Team, Northern Division Task Force Area Central and Northern Division ERP.
The officers executed a search warrant at Heritage Drive, Chin Chin Road, Cunupia, and a comprehensive search was conducted.
In a room to the western side of the building, the lawmen found and seized two wrapped packages of marijuana.
A 25-year-old Venezuelan man told police the drugs were his, and his alone, and he is being investigated for possession for the purposes of trafficking.
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Cops seize gun, ammo in Tunapuna
Thursday 21 January 2021
A pistol with three rounds of 9 mm ammunition and four rounds of 5.56 amminition were found in St John s Road, Tunapuna, on Wednesday afternoon.
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Police found a pistol and two sets of ammunition on Wednesday afternoon in Tunapuna.
Members of the Northern Division Task Force West targeted several suspected drug blocks in St Joseph and Tunapuna from around 4 pm.
They went to St John s Road and found the gun with seven rounds of ammunition near the home of a shooting suspect.
No one was arrested.
The exercise was led by Snr Supt Ramkhelawan, Supt Montrichard, ASP Goggins and Insp Pitt, with field operations by Sgt La Pierre and Cpl Superville.