Po­lice have seized a high-pow­ered firearm and 28 rounds of am­mu­ni­tion dur­ing an in­tel­li­gence-led an­ti-crime op­er­a­tion in Mor­vant, as law en­force­ment con­tin­ues ef­forts to dis­rupt the flow of il­le­gal weapons.

Ac­cord­ing to the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS), of­fi­cers at­tached to the North East­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force car­ried out Op­er­a­tion R.E.S.O.L.U.T.E. Shield be­tween 4 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. on Sun­day in the Mor­vant dis­trict.

Dur­ing the ex­er­cise, of­fi­cers went to an aban­doned wood­en and con­crete struc­ture along Hillview Road, Mon Re­pos, where they con­duct­ed a search.