After finding "significant quantities" of marijuana, guns and ammunition in a mangrove in Claxton Bay, police are continuing to search the area, hoping to find more illicit items linked to an alleged sophisticated and highly organised drug network.

In a release on March 20, the TTPS said an operation was launched based on intelligence that a man, described as a known drug trafficker from Claxton Bay, had recently imported a significant quantity of drugs from South America.

Inter-agency efforts resulted in the seizure of a quantity of high-grade Colombian marijuana, an assault rifle, four magazines, one pistol loaded with a magazine and fitted with a selector and 404 rounds of 5.56 ammunition, which were concealed within a dense mangrove forest area at the back of the suspect’s house. Police also found $60,000 in cash hidden in the man's ceiling.