Seven guns, including two high powered rifles, were removed from the streets of south Trinidad as police continued their crackdown on illegal firearms over the weekend.
The weapons were found at several locations, with the most recent find at Indian Walk, Petite Cafe, Princes Town. Officers led by Senior Supt Zamsheed Mohammed, Supt Rohan Pardasie, Insp Don Gajadhar, Sgt Roland Ramlogan, Cpl Ramdial and PCs Jackman, Balgobin and Ramkissoon carried out a search at a house and found the rifle along with 100 rounds of ammunition and a quantity of marijuana. Two teenagers aged 16 and 18 were arrested and will appear before a Princes Town Magistrate today.
Police also found a shotgun and a pistol with ten rounds of ammunition in Gasparillo, two pistols were found in Ste Madeleine and a 9mm semi-automatic revolver in La Romaine. In a separate incident, a pistol was found at a bar in La Romaine.
Officers said a total of 152 firearms have been seized by the Southern Division Task Force.
Since 2015, more than 2,200 firearms and more than 38,000 rounds of assorted ammunition have been seized by the police. Despite this haul, the coastlines at Icacos and Cedros remain open for gunrunners to bring in illegal cargo from the South American mainland where guns and ammunition are manufactured.