A po­lice ex­er­cise in the Port of Spain Di­vi­sion on Tues­day re­sult­ed in the ar­rest of three men and the seizure of a high-pow­ered firearm and am­mu­ni­tion.

Be­tween 1 pm and 8 pm, of­fi­cers car­ried out tar­get­ed search­es in ar­eas in­clud­ing Beetham Gar­dens, Troumacaque, Snake Val­ley, Bel­mont, Gon­za­les and East­ern Quar­ry.

Po­lice said the ex­er­cise fo­cused on in­tel­li­gence linked to sus­pects in a re­cent homi­cide at Joe­sam Hill, Laven­tille. Ex­ten­sive search­es were con­duct­ed in Snake Val­ley, but no one match­ing the de­scrip­tions was found.