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Police have seized an estimated half a million dollars’ worth of marijuana and cocaine in the Eastern Division, and also recovered a gun, in an anti-crime exercise aimed at improving public safety.

According to police, officers found the illegal items in two white, mud-stained plastic pigtail buckets during the exercise on August 26 between 10.30 am and 3 pm, in Sangre Grande.

The exercise was co-ordinated by CoP Allister Guevarro with the assistance of ACP Smith and acting ASP St Clair. It included members of the National Security Special Operations Unit (NSOU) and the K-9 Unit.