An 18-year-old man who was al­leged­ly caught with a gun and a quan­ti­ty of am­mu­ni­tion while at­tempt­ing to evade po­lice dur­ing a raid on Wednes­day was re­mand­ed in­to cus­tody.

Malique Gor­rin, of Fitz Allen Street, Care­nage, who was ar­rest­ed on May 11 and charged to­day by WPC Williams of the West­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force (WDTF), was or­dered in­to cus­tody by a Port-of-Spain Mag­is­trate pend­ing fur­ther trac­ing on the charges of pos­ses­sion of a firearm and am­mu­ni­tion, re­spec­tive­ly.

Gor­rin is sched­uled to reap­pear be­fore the court on May 17, 2022. Ac­cord­ing to po­lice re­ports, on May 11, WDTF of­fi­cers went to sev­er­al ar­eas known for nar­cot­ic ac­tiv­i­ties in West Trinidad where dur­ing an ex­er­cise along La Hor­quette Branch Road, Care­nage, a male sus­pect at­tempt­ed to evade po­lice of­fi­cers.

A chase sub­se­quent­ly en­sued and the man was held a short dis­tance away.

Po­lice lat­er con­duct­ed a search of the sus­pect who was al­leged­ly held with one Glock 17 pis­tol with 14 rounds of nine-mil­lime­tre am­mu­ni­tion. The ex­er­cise was su­per­vised by Sgt (Ag.) Car­mona, Cpls (Ag.) Robin­son and Khan with sup­port from the WDTF.

Glock 17 with 14 rounds of 9mm seized by WDTF

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