Cops seize guns, ammo, bulletproof vests, drugs in raid

Police believe they may be able to solve some outstanding serious crimes in the Northern Division with the arrest of a 54-year-old man and the seizure of guns, ski-masks and bullet proof vests.

The guns seized will be sent to the Forensic Science Centre for tests to be carried out by a ballistic expert to determine if the guns were used in any recent murders or shootings. Reports revealed that around 3.15 am yesterday, officers of the Northern Division Police executed a search warrant at Mausica Lands, Arima, and arrested a 54-year-old man. They searched the house and seized a 9 mm Luger, a .22 pistol and 388 rounds of ammunition. Officers also seized four kilos of cocaine with a street value of over $100,000, 0.4 kg of heroin, bulletproof vests and ski masks. The man’s arrest followed several weeks of surveillance work by officers of the Northern Division. He will be placed on identification parades for outstanding serious crimes in the Northern Division. Senior officers were high in praise of the officers involved in the exercise yesterday, which was led by Detective Junior Bernard and included Darryl Lakhai, Inskip Julien and Donna Robinson, coordinated by ACP Nazamul Hosein and ACP Crime Oswyn Allard. The assault on crime will continue in all police divisions.