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Friday, August 15, 2025

Tunapuna man detained for possession of gun and ammunition

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1843 days ago
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One man has been ar­rest­ed af­ter po­lice found a gun and am­mu­ni­tion in his pos­s­e­sion.

Ac­cord­ing to po­lice re­ports, on Ju­ly 26th around 11:10 am while of­fi­cers were on pa­trol in the vicin­i­ty of the Tu­na­puna mar­ket, a dri­ver of a white Nis­san Wingroad breached the bar­ri­er that was set-up on the East­ern Main Road.

Cpl McKen­na and PC Tan­nis and PC Mus­sio stopped the dri­ver and searched the ve­hi­cle.
Up­on so do­ing, they dis­cov­ered a Beretta pis­tol with a mag­a­zine and two rounds of am­mu­ni­tion.

The man was im­me­di­ate­ly ar­rest­ed. On Ju­ly 27th, a search war­rant was is­sued, a search of the man’s house re­vealed three live rounds of 9mm am­mu­ni­tion in a bed­room at his home.

The 40-year-old man of Amethyst Dri­ve, Tu­na­puna, is ex­pect­ed to ap­pear at the Tu­na­puna Mag­is­trates’ Court to­day to an­swer to the charges.


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