A 33-year-old Pe­nal man was ar­rest­ed af­ter po­lice found a Glock-type pro­hib­it­ed firearm and am­mu­ni­tion dur­ing an an­ti-crime ex­er­cise at a birth­day par­ty in Pe­nal.

Po­lice said of­fi­cers from the South West­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force act­ed on in­for­ma­tion that peo­ple at­tend­ing a gath­er­ing along Lowkie Trace were in pos­ses­sion of il­le­gal firearms.

The ex­er­cise was con­duct­ed on Sun­day night un­der the Emer­gency Pow­ers Reg­u­la­tions, with sup­port from the Area West Task Force, Pe­nal CID, Siparia CID and the High Per­for­mance Pa­trol Team.