Six suspects were arrested and a firearm and quantities of ammunition and cannabis seized during ongoing state of emergency operations in the Central, Southern and South Western Divisions.

In the Central Division, Task Force officers conducted an exercise between 10 am and 2 pm, on October 4, during which they went to the Carapichaima district, where they intercepted a vehicle with two male occupants.

A search of the vehicle resulted in the discovery of one revolver loaded with five rounds of ammunition and one spent round. The men, a 29-year-old of Carapichaima and a 33-year-old of Freeport, were arrested in connection with the find.