Po­lice ar­rest­ed a 47-year-old Bel­mont man af­ter they al­leged­ly found a loaded firearm and am­mu­ni­tion in his pos­ses­sion dur­ing an ear­ly morn­ing an­ti-crime ex­er­cise on Sun­day 1st June 2025.

Be­tween 5 am and 8 am, of­fi­cers of the In­ter-Agency Task Force went to Agos­ti­ni Trace, Gon­za­les, where they stopped and searched the sus­pect. Ac­cord­ing to po­lice, the man was car­ry­ing a bag con­tain­ing a firearm loaded with a mag­a­zine of 11 rounds.

Of­fi­cers ar­rest­ed the sus­pect on the spot. The ex­er­cise was led by ACP Hazel, Su­per­in­ten­dent Ram­sook and ASP Singh.