A Barataria man was ar­rest­ed on Fri­day af­ter he was found with an il­le­gal firearm.

Po­lice said the 30-year-old of Sawmill Av­enue was held dur­ing Op­er­a­tion Steady GUARD – which was con­duct­ed by of­fi­cers in the Mor­vant dis­trict be­tween 5 pm and 9 pm.

Spear­head­ed by Snr Supt Claire Guy-Al­leyne, Supt Birch and ASP Cal­len­der - mem­bers of the Mor­vant CID, Mor­vant Charge-room, Barataria CID, Barataria Charge-room and the North East­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force – went to the sus­pect’s house around 6.25 pm where they car­ried out a search and re­cov­ered one black 9 mm BERSA Thun­der 9 Ul­tra Com­pact Pro pis­tol and 13 rounds of 9 mm am­mu­ni­tion.