Po­lice seized a firearm, two rounds of .45-cal­i­bre am­mu­ni­tion and ap­prox­i­mate­ly 500 grammes of cannabis dur­ing an in­tel­li­gence-led an­ti-crime ex­er­cise in Va­len­cia on Mon­day night.

The op­er­a­tion, con­duct­ed by of­fi­cers at­tached to the Deputy Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Op­er­a­tions Team in the East­ern Di­vi­sion, took place be­tween 7 pm and 11.30 pm on Au­gust 3.

Ac­cord­ing to the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS), of­fi­cers act­ed on in­tel­li­gence that il­le­gal firearms had been con­cealed in­side va­cant fruit stalls along the East­ern Main Road, Va­len­cia.