Two po­lice of­fi­cers have been de­tained in con­nec­tion with the in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the dis­ap­pear­ance of three firearms and a quan­ti­ty of am­mu­ni­tion from the Cen­tral Po­lice Sta­tion on St Vin­cent Street, Port-of-Spain. The de­ten­tion was con­firmed late yes­ter­day by po­lice of­fi­cials.

Re­spond­ing to ques­tions dur­ing yes­ter­day’s T&T Po­lice Ser­vice week­ly me­dia brief­ing, cor­po­rate com­mu­ni­ca­tions man­ag­er Joanne Archie said three Glock pis­tols, along with three mag­a­zines and 45 rounds of .9 mm am­mu­ni­tion, were lodged at the Cen­tral Po­lice Sta­tion for safe­keep­ing around 2.47 pm on Mon­day by mu­nic­i­pal po­lice of­fi­cers at­tached to the Port-of-Spain Di­vi­sion.

A firearms check around 3.40 am on Tues­day re­vealed the arms and am­mu­ni­tion were miss­ing, fol­low­ing which an in­ves­ti­ga­tion was im­me­di­ate­ly launched.