Police seized four guns, over 500 rounds of assorted ammunition and 18 kilograms of marijuana during an exercise in the Central Division on Thursday.
During the exercise the officers searched an abandoned house near the home of a convicted killer and found two guns, an air rifle and a Sig-Sauer machine gun along with 610 rounds of assorted ammunition.
The lawmen also found the marijuana at the house. Since the house was abandoned, police said no one could be held criminally responsible for the contents of the home.
Police later searched an area on Milton Road and five men were arrested for possession of firearms and ammunition as well as possession marijuana.
The officers then went to another location in the California area where a quantity of cocaine was found buried in a barrel. The officers executed search warrants in the Couva district and arrested another man for possession of a revolver and six rounds of ammunition. In the Port-of-Spain Division, officers arrested 12 illegal immigrants and charged six people with illegal vending during an exercise that lasted from 2 pm to 6 pm Thursday.
Police also arrested one man on an outstanding warrant and another for obscene language.
The illegal immigrants arrested included three Venezuelans, a Cuban, Vincentian, Dominican, Colombian, Jamaican and four Guyanese. Six vending carts were seized and 30 vehicles were stripped of illegal tints.
The exercise, which began at 4 am and ended at 10 pm, was co-ordinated by Supt Belfon and Assistant Superintendents Pierre and Smith and led by Sgt Ali along with Cpl Baboolala and PC Balkissoon.