Two persons have been taken into custody for alleged possession of firearms following a joint operation by police in Faux-A-Chaud, Castries on Wednesday 28, 2013.
A police release states that about 5:30 a.m. several search warrants were executed on various households in the community.
“At one of the premises, the officers recovered a 9mm Beretta and 10 live 9mm rounds of ammunition. Subsequently, two persons were arrested and taken into custody for the offences of possession of an unlicensed firearm and possession of ammunition,” the police release said.
Charges are expected to be laid against them shortly, it added.