THREE men were arrested over the weekend in separate law enforcement operations targeting firearm and narcotics offences in the Southern and Central Divisions.

A police release on January 4 said that in the Southern Division, officers of the Criminal Investigations Department conducted an operation in the La Romain area between 11 pm on January 2 and 2 am on January 3.

A 20-year-old man was taken into custody for possession of a firearm and ammunition. The police said the exercise, coordinated by Snr Supt Simon, Supt Bertie, ASP Ramsaran, Insp Wilkinson, and W/Sgt Narinesingh, is part of ongoing efforts to curb firearm-related offences, including robberies, shootings, and woundings, as well as narcotics-related crimes in the Southern Division.