Four men were ar­rest­ed and a firearm and am­mu­ni­tion seized dur­ing an in­tel­li­gence-led ex­er­cise in Ari­ma on Tues­day.

Po­lice said of­fi­cers of the North­ern Di­vi­sion North con­duct­ed the op­er­a­tion be­tween 2.00 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. on Feb­ru­ary 24. The ex­er­cise was led by ACP Singh, W/Snr Supt May­nard Wil­son, Supt Mc Ken­zie, ASP Bale­wah and In­sp Estra­da. Cpl Os­ouna su­per­vised of­fi­cers at­tached to the Ari­ma Charge Room and the Ari­ma In­tel­li­gence and Op­er­a­tions Units.

Around 2.00 a.m., of­fi­cers con­duct­ing a street-check ob­served a white Mit­subishi wag­on. Po­lice said the dri­ver looked to­wards of­fi­cers, turned the ve­hi­cle and drove off in the op­po­site di­rec­tion. Of­fi­cers pur­sued and stopped the ve­hi­cle a short dis­tance away.