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Firearms, am­mu­ni­tion, firearm parts and cannabis were seized dur­ing po­lice op­er­a­tions in the West­ern Di­vi­sion on Sun­day.

Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro ac­knowl­edged the work of of­fi­cers as­signed to the di­vi­sion and ref­er­enced con­tin­ued polic­ing ac­tiv­i­ty with­in com­mu­ni­ties. The Com­mis­sion­er ref­er­enced the role of Se­nior Su­per­in­ten­dent AG Williams and of­fi­cers un­der his com­mand and in­di­cat­ed that en­force­ment will con­tin­ue.

At about 2.53 pm, of­fi­cers act­ing on in­for­ma­tion searched a con­crete struc­ture at Faustin Trace, Mar­aval. Dur­ing the search, of­fi­cers found a back­pack be­hind a sheet of gal­vanised ma­te­r­i­al. In­side was one Glock 19 pis­tol and three pack­ages con­tain­ing 369 rounds of am­mu­ni­tion. The am­mu­ni­tion in­clud­ed 100 rounds of 9mm, 106 rounds of 7.62mm and 163 rounds of 5.56mm.