Three cellular phones were seized from the Port of Spain Prison and five firearms were found by officers during ongoing anti-crime exercises conducted across multiple divisions between yesterday and early this morning.
Police say in the latest exercise, an “Operation Grandslam” exercise conducted in the North Eastern Division between 2 am and 6 am this morning in the Morvant district, resulted in the seizure of one revolver loaded with one round of ammunition along with 13 rounds of 5.56 ammunition and a quantity of marijuana.
According to the TTPS, the same party of officers, acting on information, then proceeded to the Port of Spain Prison Remand Section, and with the assistance of the Prison Service Emergency Response Unit, conducted a search of a prison cell.
Officers say the search resulted in officers finding three cellular phones.
A similar search at the Golden Grove Prison, Arouca, led to the seizure of one cell phone charger cable being seized from the cell of a prisoner.
Meanwhile, the Police Service says officers of the Central Division Gang Unit proceeded to the Southern Division during the period 4 pm to 6:30 pm yesterday, where they searched a chicken coop in the Rousillac district.
There, the officers found one revolver, one shotgun and six cartridges.
Also in the Princes Town district, on Tuesday, officers executed a search warrant at the Lothian’s Road home of a 35-year-old man.
The search allegedly resulted in officers finding several firearm parts and components including five rounds of ammunition.
The suspect, who was in the house at the time of the search, was arrested in connection with the find.
The TTPS adds that in the Port of Spain Division, a Joint Agency Anti-Crime Operation was conducted in the Morvant and Laventille districts between 9 am and 5 pm yesterday.
During the operation, officers reportedly found one pistol loaded with a magazine containing 14 rounds of ammunition.
One silver wagon vehicle, which was reported stolen from the Arima district on Monday, also was recovered during the operation.