A nine-mm pistol with seven rounds of ammunition, seven cell phones and ten homemade weapons were seized by police during a joint inter-agency operation at the Maximum-Security Prison, Golden Grove Road, Arouca, on April 4.

A media release on March 4 said the operation was carried out between 12 pm and 7.30 pm, led by DCP of Intelligence and Investigations Suzette Martin and ACP North East, Rishi Singh, along with acting Commissioner of Prisons, Carlos Corraspe.

The operation also involved officers from the Northern Division North Gang Unit, Special Investigations Unit, Guard and Emergency Branch, crime scene investigators, the Canine Unit and the Prison Emergency Response Unit.