One man was ar­rest­ed and a firearm and a mag­a­zine with eight rounds of 40 cal­i­bre am­mu­ni­tion were seized dur­ing a po­lice ex­er­cise yes­ter­day.
The ex­er­cise co­or­di­nat­ed by Snr Supt Aguilal and con­duct­ed in San­gre Grande be­tween 1 pm and 4 pm was su­per­vised by Sgt Harp­er and Cpl Ram­nar­ine and in­clud­ed Of­fi­cers of San­gre Grande Crim­i­nal In­ves­ti­ga­tion De­part­ment and Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Unit.

Ac­cord­ing to po­lice re­ports, dur­ing the ex­er­cise, four hous­es were searched and one per­son was ar­rest­ed when a search war­rant was ex­e­cut­ed at a house on Coro­na­tion Road, Up­per San­gre Grande. Dur­ing the search one Wal­ter P99 40 cal­i­bre pis­tol se­r­i­al, fit­ted with a mag­a­zine with eight rounds 40 cal­i­bre am­mu­ni­tion was found in the home. A male ten­ant of the house was ar­rest­ed and the items seized. PC Bud­hooram is con­tin­u­ing en­quiries.