Valdeen Shears-Neptune
A pensioner, his 29-year-old son and another male relative are in police custody, after officers from the Princes Town CID and the Anti Criminal Gang and International Unit raided their Piparo homes and found a stash of arms and ammunitions over the weekend.
Acting on intelligence information that a container had recently been cleared with possible contraband goods, the officers, armed with two search warrants, raided the homes on Saturday. The contingent, led by Sgt Ramlogan, seized 7.241 ammunition and five guns collectively.
At the home of the 65 year-old man, a joiner by trade, and his son, the police seized four guns and a catchment of assorted ammunition. The officers then raided the home of their 40-year-old relative, where they seized one firearm and 21 rounds of .22 ammunition.
All three men remain in police custody and police are now investigating. In an unrelated incident, a 30-year-old self-employed La Romain woman was left traumatised on Friday evening, after she was robbed and assaulted while on her way home.
According to police reports, the woman boarded a vehicle on High Street, San Fernando, but a short distance away, near the San Fernando Teaching Hospital, a passenger in the back seat announced a hold-up.
The woman was then robbed of her watch valued at $1,200, a pair of gold earrings worth $700, $1,300 in cash and children’s clothing valued at $600. But the driver also assisted the backseat passenger in the robbery.
The women’s attackers then took her to King’s Wharf, San Fernando, where they allegedly tore off her clothing and threw her out the vehicle. WPC De Boug is investigating.