Of­fi­cers of the North East­ern Di­vi­sion Gang Unit seized a high-pow­ered ri­fle, a large quan­ti­ty of am­mu­ni­tion, se­cu­ri­ty pro­tec­tive wear, cam­ou­flage cloth­ing and ve­hi­cle num­ber plates dur­ing an an­ti-crime ex­er­cise yes­ter­day.

The TTPS said based on in­for­ma­tion re­ceived, sur­veil­lance ex­er­cis­es were car­ried out, which led to the op­er­a­tion at Grana­do Street, 2nd Cale­do­nia, Mor­vant.

Dur­ing the ex­er­cise, of­fi­cers searched an aban­doned dwelling house and the sur­round­ing area, where the fol­low­ing items were found buried in the yard:

One AR15 Ri­fle

↓Four t-shirts with the mark­ing “PO­LICE”

3 cam­ou­flage jack­ets

↓2 cam­ou­flage bul­let proof jack­ets

1 cam­ou­flage trousers

↓4 pairs of ve­hi­cle num­ber plates

10 Spe­cial Po­lice Badges

9 ri­fle mag­a­zines

↓1 ex­tend­ed 9 mil­lime­tre mag­a­zine

2 ri­fle firearm grips

↓81 rounds of 5.56 mil­lime­tre am­mu­ni­tion

↓116 rounds of 45 mil­lime­tre am­mu­ni­tion

↓48 rounds of .45 mil­lime­tre am­mu­ni­tion

↓81 rounds of 9 mil­lime­tre am­mu­ni­tion