Western Division police yesterday launched a manhunt for several people wanted in connection with a cache of arms, ammunition and illegal drugs found at Cameron Hill in Petit Valley, yesterday.
Two Glock pistols, five magazines, 205 assorted rounds of ammunition, two kilogrammes of cocaine and 18 kilogrammes of marijuana, two ski masks and thousands of marijuana seeds and small trees were discovered.
Senior Superintendent for the division, Zamsheed Mohammed, who spearheaded the exercise, praised his junior colleagues for their great work.
“I want to commend the police on their efforts and it was an element of surprise,” he said.
He said some of the men were known to the police and officers believed they would be held soon.
A report said around 11 am on Sunday and 3 am yesterday, officers from the Western Division Task Force and CID went to a camp located in the forest but were fired upon as they got closer.
The officers returned fire and five people who were in the camp fled into the hilly terrain.
Investigators said they believed one of the escapees was a Spanish-speaking woman.