Three men, in­clud­ing two su­per­mar­ket se­cu­ri­ty guards, were ar­rest­ed af­ter po­lice al­leged­ly found them in pos­ses­sion of il­le­gal firearms dur­ing an­ti-crime op­er­a­tions in south Trinidad on Wednes­day.

Ac­cord­ing to the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS), of­fi­cers car­ried out the ex­er­cise af­ter re­ceiv­ing in­tel­li­gence about il­le­gal firearms in the South West­ern Di­vi­sion.

Around 3.20 p.m., of­fi­cers went to a su­per­mar­ket in La Brea where they iden­ti­fied them­selves to a male se­cu­ri­ty of­fi­cer be­fore con­duct­ing a search. Po­lice said they found a firearm tucked in­to the man’s pants. The weapon was seized and the se­cu­ri­ty guard was ar­rest­ed.