Two sol­diers are among four men held for be­ing in pos­ses­sion of a firearm.  The four were ap­pre­hend­ed dur­ing a po­lice ex­er­cise, last evening.

The of­fi­cers are said to be a 23-year-old from Spring­vale in Clax­ton Bay, and a 24-year-old from Gon­za­les Quar­ry in Bel­mont.

Re­ports are both sol­diers as well as the two oth­er men al­so had a quan­ti­ty of am­mu­ni­tion in their pos­ses­sion.

They were ar­rest­ed af­ter the ve­hi­cle in which they were trav­el­ling was in­ter­cept­ed by of­fi­cers of the Road Polic­ing Task Force and of the Freeport High­way Pa­trol Unit.

Some 21 sep­a­rate fixed penal­ty no­tices al­so were is­sued dur­ing the po­lice ex­er­cise.