7 guns found - 2 held

Two men aged 22 and 26 were detained and are assisting police with their investigations.

Police made the biggest find in a forested area in Saunders Trace, Moruga on Friday evening when acting on a tip off, they went to a hunter’s camp and found five shotguns, two of them homemade.

They also recovered 12 five-gauge cartridges.

No one was held in connection with the discovery.

Earlier in the day, officers of the Fyzabad Police Station executed a search at a house in Palo Seco and found hidden under a mattress a black and silver Smith and Wesson pistol along with a magazine containing four rounds of ammunition. The lone occupant in the house was held.

According to a police report, a short while later, officers of the Cedros Police Station on mobile patrol, had cause to stop and search a 22-yearold fisherman of Fullarton Beach Road, Cedros.

He was found to be in possession of a black and chrome Browning pistol.