Roadblock yields guns, drugs

Four occupants of a car were arrested in a roadblock exercise early yesterday and a 9 mm pistol, an air pistol and 15 rounds of ammunition seized.

Reports revealed that a party of officers led by Cpl Jones were carrying out the roadblock in the vicinity at Second Crossing Hardware, Arima, around 2 am when they saw a car with four occupants acting in a suspicious manner. The occupants were searched and the guns and ammunition allegedly seized. Two of the suspects are from Wallerfield and the other two are from Chaguanas. A black Toyota Tercel car was also seized. During the same exercise two others were held for possession of marijuana and cocaine. Another roadblock exercise carried out in Mayaro resulted in the arrest of nine persons for larceny, narcotics and outstanding warrants.