A firearm believed to have been stolen from the San Fernando Municipal Police Station in April has been recovered by police during an anti-crime exercise in St James, leading to the detention of three people.

The black M&P9 pistol with a defaced serial number was loaded with four rounds of nine millimetre ammunition was seized by police during an anti-crime exercise in St James on Monday.

In a statement issued by the TTPS Communications Unit on Tuesday, it stated that a police team of the Western Division Task Force (WDTF) and the Western Division Gang Investigation Unit (WDGIU) recovered the stolen firearm and detained three individuals during Operation Steady G.U.A.R.D.