A 36-year-old La Brea man is expected to appear before a San Fernando magistrate today charged with possession of a firearm after he was caught with it in La Romaine last Thursday.
Police believe they found the man just in time before he committed a crime since he could not say what he was doing in the area.
They said that around 11.30 pm members of the Southern Division Task Force which included PC Ragoonanan and WPC Caesar were driving along the La Plaisance Road when they saw the suspect acting suspiciously.
They stopped and searched him and found a Glock pistol loaded with 13 rounds of ammunition. He was arrested and charged over the weekend.
In a separate incident, around 4 pm yesterday, Cpl Ramsingh and Task Force officers learned about illegal guns in a forested area in Tableland. When the officers arrived at a hunting camp, they found two home-made shot guns hidden in a gutter.
There were several anti-crime operations over the weekend. Around 6 am Friday, Sgt Pacheco and Moruga police officers were on an exercise in a forested area in La Lune when they found a home-made shotgun and one round of 12-gauge ammunition hidden in a fig patch. PC Ochoa is continuing inquiries.
Two hours later, Princes Town CID and Task Force officers led by Sgt Ramlogan and Cpl Ramsingh raided several drug blocks in Princes Town and St Mary’s district. Among them was the home of a known drug peddler at Jules Avenue, Manahambre Road.
The suspect, along with his 39-year-old common-law wife, was arrested after officers found 37 grammes of cocaine and 35 grammes of marijuana in the house.
The operations, which were coordinated and executed by Snr Supt Irwin Hackshaw, Supt Phillip, ASP Ramdeo, Insp Gajadhar, Insp Pooran, Insp Persad, Insp Bhagwandeen, Insp Knut and Sgt Ramroop, saw 62 people being arrested between last Wednesday morning and yesterday. The arrests include seven people for drunk driving and 19 on outstanding warrants. Thirty-six tickets were also issued.