The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) said mul­ti­ple an­ti-crime op­er­a­tions con­duct­ed be­tween April 5 and April 6, 2026, led to sev­er­al ar­rests for am­mu­ni­tion-re­lat­ed of­fences in the South-West­ern Di­vi­sion.

Dur­ing an ex­er­cise in the Oropouche dis­trict around 1 am on April 6, of­fi­cers searched a res­i­dence in Rousil­lac un­der the Emer­gency Pow­ers Reg­u­la­tions. Sev­en 12-gauge car­tridges were found in a bed­room. A 52-year-old male labour­er and a 29-year-old fe­male were ar­rest­ed on sus­pi­cion of pos­ses­sion of am­mu­ni­tion. Both re­main in po­lice cus­tody.

In a sep­a­rate in­tel­li­gence-led op­er­a­tion in La Brea around 4:50 am on April 5, of­fi­cers searched a premis­es in Sobo Vil­lage and found five rounds of .45 am­mu­ni­tion. Four men, ages 21 to 23, were ar­rest­ed. Po­lice said they are ex­pect­ed to be charged.

Ad­di­tion­al ex­er­cis­es in Oropouche, Fyz­abad, Pe­nal and Siparia in­clud­ed search­es, road traf­fic op­er­a­tions and stop-and-search ac­tiv­i­ties. Of­fi­cers al­so is­sued tick­ets for traf­fic vi­o­la­tions.

Po­lice al­so charged two sus­pects in con­nec­tion with a firearm and am­mu­ni­tion dis­cov­ery in Point Fortin on Feb­ru­ary 28, 2026. A 22-year-old male and a 17-year-old fe­male are due to ap­pear be­fore the South Crim­i­nal Court on April 8, 2026.

The 22-year-old male al­so faces charges linked to a home in­va­sion on Feb­ru­ary 22, in­clud­ing rob­bery with vi­o­lence, pos­ses­sion of firearm and am­mu­ni­tion, and shoot­ing with in­tent.

The TTPS said it con­tin­ues op­er­a­tions un­der the State of Emer­gency and urged the pub­lic to re­port sus­pi­cious ac­tiv­i­ty.