Two firearms, a quantity of ammunition and four packets of marijuana were seized yesterday by officers of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) during a crime eradication exercise in Beetham Gardens.
According to police reports, between 9 pm on January 17 and 1 am on January 18, IATF officers were conducting the exercise which led them to Sixth Street, Beetham Gardens.
Upon arrival, police officers observed a group of men gathered in an alleyway.
The TTPS says while approaching the group on foot, the men escaped. Police then searched the area and reportedly found a black plastic bag in a derelict vehicle containing four rectangular packets wrapped in white paper and plastic wrap containing cannabis.
The operation continued and police officers went to another location in the Spring Side Avenue area, where they saw another group of men gathered.
According to the police, upon seeing the marked police vehicle, the group fled in different directions through some nearby tracks.
Police say they mounted another search of the area, they discovered a black plastic bag containing a Smith and Wesson .38 revolver loaded with three rounds of .38 ammunition and a Taurus pistol with two magazines each fitted with a 23 rounds nine-millimetre ammunition in a heap of garbage on the roadway.