Officers attached to the Western Division Task Force and Inter-Agency Task Force seized two guns including a M4 SA-15 rifle in two separate exercises in Carenage yesterday. The guns are currently being tacked by crime scene investigators.
The following is a press release from the TTPS:
Two guns which were seized in two separate exercises in Carenage and Port-of-Spain yesterday are currently being tracked by crime scene investigators. The guns, a M4 SA-15 rifle fitted with a magazine loaded with 16 rounds of 5.56 ammunition and another firearm, which is yet to be identified, were seized by officers of the Western Division Task Force (WDTF) and Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF), respectively.
Yesterday afternoon, WDTF officers were conducting an operation along Lanse Mitan Road, Carenage, during which they searched an unsecured parcel of land. There, police officers allegedly found one M4 SA-15 rifle fitted with a magazine loaded with 16 rounds of 5.56 ammunition and a blue tactical jacket.
The items were seized and placed into evidence. PC Fiddler is continuing investigations into the matter. Meanwhile, PC Lewis of the IATF is zeroing in on leads into the seizure of a firearm resembling a rifle which was found along Lady Chancellor Road, Port-of-Spain following another operation earlier in the day.