IN the eight months since assuming office, Defence Minister Wayne Sturge says the Government has recorded significant wins in the war against drugs and guns in this country.

However, he expressed concern that 28,000 rounds of TTR ammunition remain unaccounted for and that illegal guns are still entering the country through legal ports.

In response to questions from the Express, Sturge said yesterday that the stain of criminality and bloodshed that was allowed to flourish over the past decade under the former People’s National Movement (PNM) administration cannot be erased overnight, but this Government is working aggressively to remedy the situation and strengthen national security systems.