A 39-year-old man found with a gun in Orop­une Gar­dens told po­lice he was car­ry­ing it “for pro­tec­tion” be­fore be­ing ar­rest­ed on Sat­ur­day night.

Po­lice said of­fi­cers from the North-Cen­tral Di­vi­sion, work­ing with the Trinidad and To­ba­go De­fence Force, were pa­trolling around 9:20 pm along 4th Av­enue, Orop­une Gar­dens, when they ob­served a man act­ing sus­pi­cious­ly in a res­i­den­tial car park.

The man, from KP Lands, Cu­mu­to Main Road, was stopped and searched. Po­lice re­cov­ered a sil­ver-and-brown re­volver with six rounds of am­mu­ni­tion con­cealed in­side a white sling bag.