19-year-old arrested after pistol, ammunition seized in Valencia

A 19-year-old Va­len­cia man was ar­rest­ed af­ter po­lice seized a 9mm pis­tol loaded with sev­en rounds of am­mu­ni­tion dur­ing a road check op­er­a­tion on Tues­day night.

The op­er­a­tion was con­duct­ed by of­fi­cers of the East­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force be­tween 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. as part of pa­trols and road checks through­out the Va­len­cia dis­trict.

Po­lice said of­fi­cers con­duct­ed mo­bile pa­trols and checks at sev­er­al lo­ca­tions, in­clud­ing Va­len­cia Old Road, Plan­ta­tion Road, Palm Road, San Pe­dro, Emon Lane, Ben­ny Road and Clarence Trace.