Firearm, ammunition found in dustbin at Port of Spain bar

Anna Lisa Paul

Police officers in the Port-of-Spain Division recovered a firearm and a quantity of ammunition in a dustbin in a bar at Prince Street during a search on Saturday.

In the anti-crime exercise between 5 am and 7 am on February 8, officers from the Besson Street Police Station went  to the bar and found 75 people partying inside.

Many of the patrons were said to be residents of  Nelson Street, St Paul Street, Picton Road, and Foster Road (Hillview). 

As officers commenced searching the bar and its patrons, other officers conducted a search of the bar and wash-rooms.

In the area outside, officers found and seized one Glock 17 firearm in a dust bin fitted with one magazine containing eight rounds of 9 mm ammunition. 

No one was held in connection with the find.

Nothing illegal was found on any of the patrons searched.