Nine people were arrested during a seven-hour long anti-crime exercise in the Southern Division.
They included La Romaine men ages 27, 39 and 28, arrested for possession of marijuana, and a 23-year-old man and 35-year-old woman from Pleasantville were jointly charged with possession of 70 grammes of marijuana.
A 21-year-old man from Vistabella was arrested in connection with ongoing enquiries into a shooting, while a 35-year-old man from Champs Fleurs, a 32-year-old man from Belmont and a 21-year-old man from Morvant were held for questioning about a motor vehicle theft.
Police also searched six abandoned houses and found a .38 revolver in a vacant lot at Charles Street, La Romaine. Two rounds of .38 ammunition were also recovered.
The exercise was co-ordinated by Snr Supt Pesnell, Asp Ramdeo, Insp Gajadhar and supervised by Sgts’ Joseph and Lewis with officers from the San Fernando Task Force and the K-9 Unit.