Five men were arrested and three firearms and quantities of ammunition seized by officers during anti-crime exercises in the North Central Division (NCD) and Western Division this weekend.
In the first exercise, officers conducted searches in the area east of the NCD, between 6 pm and 10:30 pm, on Saturday.
During the exercise, officers stopped and searched a man walking along Maracas Road, Five Rivers Arouca.
The search resulted in one Glock pistol loaded with an extended magazine containing 20 rounds of ammunition being discovered in his possession.
The suspect, of D’Abadie, was arrested in connection with the find.
And in the second incident, officers were on mobile patrol in the St. Joseph area around 11:50 pm, yesterday, when they stopped and searched a Nissan Wingroad motor vehicle with a lone male occupant.
The search resulted in one firearm loaded with a magazine containing 15 rounds of ammunition being discovered in the glove compartment of the vehicle.
The suspect, 32-year-old of St. Joseph was arrested in connection with the find.
Meanwhile, in the St. James district, officers of the Western Division Task Force conducted an exercise between 1 am and 5 am, Sunday during which they intercepted a Nissan Almera motor vehicle with three male occupants.
A search of the vehicle resulted in the officers finding a revolver loaded with three rounds of ammunition, two plastic bags containing a quantity of cocaine, a black ski mask and a brown mask.
The three suspects, ages 18 to 39, all of St. James, were arrested in connection with the finds.