Four guns, 5 kgs of weed seized

A Pre-Carnival exercise in the Northern Division yielded the arrests of 55 people and the seizure of four firearms, a total of 25 rounds of .38 ammunition and five kilogrammes of compressed marijuana, police said.

The exercise, part of Commissioner of Police Hilton Guy’s anti-crime plan, was co-ordinated by Assistant Com-missioner of Police (East) Nazamul Hosein and Snr Supt Lloyd Coutain, and was spearheaded by ASP (Crime) Errol Dillon, Acting Insps Peter Grant, Michael Modeste, PC Pamphille and others from the Task Force and CID. The exercise, described as massive by the police, began at 9.45 pm Friday and ended at 6 pm yesterday and was concentrated in the Arima and St Joseph areas. Of the 55 people held, police said five were charged for the firearms haul, which consisted of three revolvers and one pistol. Three of the five, two from Diego Martin, the other from Laventille, were reportedly intercepted in a vehicle in the Arima area. A search of the vehicle later revealed two firearms. Two other people were arrested in the Bamboo Settlement #1 area with two more firearms.  They are due to put in court appearances tomorrow. Apart from those five, 12 people were arrested for a total of five kilogrammes of marijuana, 25 people were held on outstanding warrants, four persons each were held for larceny and on enquiries relating to housebreaking and larceny. Three more were arrested on enquiries in connection with robberies, while one person each was held for rape and common assault. Drivers who sought to breach the Priority Bus Route (PBR) were also affected by the police exercise as ten tickets were issued for the offence.  More exercises will continue in various divisions, police said.