Five per­sons have been de­tained by po­lice in con­nec­tion with the dis­cov­ery of an il­le­gal firearm in Diego Mar­tin.

The find and the ar­rests were made as po­lice con­duct­ed an­ti-crime ex­er­cis­es in the dis­trict.

Ac­cord­ing to an of­fi­cial state­ment by the TTPS, po­lice of­fi­cers ob­tained in­tel­li­gence con­cern­ing il­le­gal firearms in the dis­trict and se­cured war­rants to search a house lo­cat­ed on St. Lu­cien Road, Diego Mar­tin.

Re­ports are that noth­ing il­le­gal was found in­side the house, but a fur­ther search of the sur­round­ing area led to the dis­cov­ery of the weapon—a loaded 9 mm Beretta pis­tol.

The il­le­gal weapon was found con­cealed in a black bag, in­side a gal­vanised shed, and stashed un­der sheets of gal­vanise. 

The five sus­pects were ar­rest­ed up­on the dis­cov­ery.

The An­ti-Crime ex­er­cise in­clud­ed of­fi­cers from MOPS, West­ern Di­vi­sion Op­er­a­tions, and the Ca­nine Unit.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.