Of­fi­cers of the West­ern Di­vi­sion Gang and In­tel­li­gence Unit (WDG­IU) seized 1,000 rounds of 9-mil­lime­tre am­mu­ni­tion, and ar­rest­ed one sus­pect, dur­ing an in­tel­li­gence-led op­er­a­tion in Port of Spain on Wednes­day.

The ex­er­cise took place be­tween 1:15 pm and 4:00 pm, in the vicin­i­ty of Nel­son Street Girls’ Pri­ma­ry School.

The Po­lice Ser­vice says the of­fi­cers re­ceived in­tel­li­gence that led them to in­ter­cept a white Nis­san Fron­tier. A de­tailed search of the ve­hi­cle re­sult­ed in the dis­cov­ery of:

• 1,000 rounds of 9mm am­mu­ni­tion con­cealed in a card­board box

• A quan­ti­ty of cannabis

• Undis­closed sums of Unit­ed States and Trinidad and To­ba­go cur­ren­cy

The ve­hi­cle’s lone oc­cu­pant—a 40-year-old man of Leo­taud Street, Laven­tille—was ar­rest­ed and trans­port­ed to the West End Po­lice Sta­tion. The ve­hi­cle al­so was im­pound­ed there for safe­keep­ing and fur­ther en­quiries.

The TTPS says the op­er­a­tion was spear­head­ed by DCP Suzette Mar­tin, Se­nior Su­per­in­ten­dent Williams, ASP Gyan, ASP Brown, as well as In­spec­tor Grant, and PC Joseph.