TWO firearms and over 200 rounds of ammunition have been seized by police during an anti-crime exercise in eastern and western divisions on the weekend.

A TTPS release said that between 3.30 pm-6 pm on March 9, Southern Division Task Force officers searched a bushy area off the Eastern Main Road in Valencia near an abandoned structure.

The officers found a plastic bag which contained a Taurus firearm fitted with a magazine loaded with six rounds of .45 calibre ammunition, along with a further 225 rounds of 9mm ammunition.