Five peo­ple were ar­rest­ed and a firearm, am­mu­ni­tion and quan­ti­ties of cannabis, co­caine, metham­phet­a­mine and ec­sta­sy were seized dur­ing a se­ries of po­lice ex­er­cis­es con­duct­ed across Trinidad on Fri­day.

Po­lice said of­fi­cers of the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion Task Force, Ar­eas North and South, car­ried out an Op­er­a­tion Steady Guard ex­er­cise in Cen­tral Di­vi­sion South be­tween 6 pm and 10 pm.

Act­ing on in­tel­li­gence, of­fi­cers went to an ad­dress along Rod­ney Road, Ch­agua­nas, where they in­formed a 38-year-old man of their in­ten­tion to con­duct a search.