Following a recent robbery of an electronic store, at approximately 05:30h yesterday, 2015, police ranks from ‘A’ Division acting on information received, swooped down on a house at Middle Road, La Penitence and conducted a search, during which an unlicensed point three two (.32) revolver, three (3) rounds of ammunition (1x .32 and 2x .38) and several stolen cellular phones were recovered.
Six persons, most of whom are known to the police were arrested and one has already
confessed to ownership of the firearm and ammunition. Charges are to be instituted, a release from the police said today.
It is believed that the police will be able to make a breakthrough in a number of unsolved crimes with the arrest, following an analysis of the phones recovered and ballistic test of the firearm, the police added.
