The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) said mul­ti­ple an­ti-crime op­er­a­tions con­duct­ed over the East­er week­end led to sev­er­al ar­rests for am­mu­ni­tion-re­lat­ed of­fences in the South West­ern Di­vi­sion.

Dur­ing an ex­er­cise in the Oropouche dis­trict around 1 am yes­ter­day, of­fi­cers searched a res­i­dence in Rousil­lac un­der the Emer­gency Pow­ers Reg­u­la­tions.

Sev­en 12-gauge car­tridges were found in a bed­room. A 52-year-old male labour­er and a 29-year-old fe­male were ar­rest­ed on sus­pi­cion of pos­ses­sion of am­mu­ni­tion. Both re­main in po­lice cus­tody.