A police operation in Lodge Road, Christ Church has resulted in two people being arrested.
Yesterday, police officers from the Antigun and Gangs Unit, the Tactical Response Unit (TRU), the Suppressing Criminal Activity Threatening Society Unit (SCATS), the Police Canine Unit and other uniformed police officers, conducted an operation at Lodge Road, Christ Church in the area known as “The Bogota Block”.
The operation targeted an unauthorised fete being held in that area.
As a result of this operation, five illegal firearms, 55 rounds of ammunition and 114 grammes of vegetable matter suspected to be cannabis, with a street value of $570, were recovered. No one was arrested in connection with seizure.
Two people were arrested for matters unrelated to the firearm discovery. One of them was 26-year-old Julian Renaldo Emmerson Nicholls of Montrose Christ Church. He was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of cannabis, possession with intent to supply cannabis, and trafficking of cannabis. The weight of this cannabis was 71 grammes, and has an estimated street value of $355.
Nicholls is scheduled to appear at the Oistins Magistrates Court today.
The other person is currently assisting police with investigations into a number of serious criminal matters. (PR)