A loaded pis­tol be­lieved to be con­nect­ed to re­cent shoot­ing in­ci­dents in Mal­oney has been re­cov­ered dur­ing on­go­ing po­lice op­er­a­tions in the area.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) said the firearm was dis­cov­ered con­cealed in dense veg­e­ta­tion in a bushy area along Ar­madil­lo Street, off La Re­source South.

The re­cov­ery was made fol­low­ing in­for­ma­tion re­ceived by of­fi­cers con­duct­ing sus­tained op­er­a­tions with­in and around the Mal­oney Build­ings Hous­ing De­vel­op­ment since ap­prox­i­mate­ly 8 pm on No­vem­ber 10.

Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro per­son­al­ly led the op­er­a­tion, dur­ing which of­fi­cers cor­doned off the area to pre­serve the scene.

Crime Scene In­ves­ti­ga­tors re­cov­ered, pho­tographed and se­cured the firearm for foren­sic ex­am­i­na­tion.

The TTPS said the pis­tol is ex­pect­ed to un­der­go bal­lis­tic and foren­sic test­ing to de­ter­mine whether it is con­nect­ed to re­cent firearm-re­lat­ed in­ci­dents in Mal­oney.

Mean­while, three sus­pects are in po­lice cus­tody at var­i­ous sta­tions through­out the North­ern Di­vi­sion in con­nec­tion with Mon­day’s shoot­ing in­ci­dents.

A fourth sus­pect re­mains hos­pi­talised un­der po­lice guard.

The po­lice said in­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing, with of­fi­cers pur­su­ing sev­er­al ac­tive leads and con­duct­ing ad­di­tion­al op­er­a­tions with­in and around the Closed Area.

The Mal­oney Build­ings Hous­ing De­vel­op­ment was de­clared a Closed Area un­der the Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Act, 2026, fol­low­ing the re­cent acts of vi­o­lence.

The TTPS said op­er­a­tions re­main ac­tive as of­fi­cers con­tin­ue to tar­get il­le­gal firearms, am­mu­ni­tion, want­ed per­sons and in­di­vid­u­als re­spon­si­ble for vi­o­lence in the com­mu­ni­ty.