Of their targeted 690 guns to remove from the hands of criminals for 2016, police have so far seized 491 from them exclusive of a handgun seized yesterday.
Given the trend, over the next four and a half months they need to recover 199 more illegal firearms to meet their goal.
For the first six months of the year police seized 397 guns, 76 more than the corresponding period last year. Yesterday, officers of the Northern Division, which have been leading in gun seizures for the year so far, arrested five people in connection with a gun found at an Arouca house.
According to police, around 6 am, officers of the Northern Division Task Force including Sgt Haywood, Cpl Sookram and Constables Andrews and Sookdeo searched the house at William Trace, Waterloo Road, Arouca, where a known firearm offender resides.
Police said a Glock pistol and 16 rounds of 9 mm were found in the house and the five people who were in the house were arrested.
PC Sookdeo is continuing enquiries.
Police said up to Wednesday they seized 14,675 rounds of ammunition, more than double the amount seized for the same period last year of 5,703.
With the increase in seizures of guns police also recorded a decrease in serious crimes of 1,956 for the first six months of the year compared to 2,294 for last year.