Police detain four as more ammo found

Police also found inside the bag, one 16 gauge shotgun and one round of 16 gauge ammunition.

According to a police report, at about 11 am on Thursday, Sgt Joseph and PCs Calliste and Ramdhanie of Southern Division Task Force, acting on information, went to Nice Street in La Romaine in a bushy area where they found the bag.

At about 5.30 am yesterday, led by Head of Southern Division Snr Supt Pesnel and including ASP |Ramdeo, Insp Gajadhar along with Sgts Teeluck, Ramroop, Cpl Bacchus, PCs Williams, Noel, Sam and Ragoonath, officers locked down Lawrence Street San Fernando and conducted a search of the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) apartments and environs. Nothing was found however four men ranging in ages between 23 to 28, were detained as “persons of interest” in connection with gun-related crimes including shootings and robberies in the division.

PC Ramdhanie is continuing investigations.

It was only on Monday evening that officers found over 1600 rounds of assorted high-powered ammunition hidden in two crocus bags at St Joseph Street, San Fernando.

The bags, which were hidden in some overgrown bushes on an abandoned lot, had Spanish writing on them. Two weeks ago, police raided two homes in Piparo and found 6,800 rounds of assorted high-powered ammunition. A man and his nephew have since been charged with the offence.