00:00A police constable attached to the Sangre Grandi Police Station remains warded in critical condition,
00:05following an incident at the station on Friday.
00:09Reports indicate the officer fell from a height on the eastern side of the compound
00:13onto a marked police vehicle around 4.30 p.m.
00:17He sustained severe head and facial injuries.
00:20The injured officer was first taken to the Sangre Grandi General Hospital
00:24and later transferred to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex,
00:28where he remains hospitalized.
00:31Investigations into the incident are ongoing.
00:34Meanwhile, officers seized three firearms and quantities of ammunition
00:39during separate exercises this week.
00:41In the Central Division on Thursday,
00:44members of the Gang and Intelligence Unit conducted an intelligence-led search
00:47of an abandoned structure in the Jade Court area,
00:51where they found a high-powered rifle wrapped in plastic.
00:54On Friday evening, during operations in the Western Division,
00:58officers arrested a 25-year-old man in Digger Martin after he was allegedly found with a Glock 23 pistol
01:05loaded with 13 rounds of ammunition along Loperita Avenue.
01:10In the Northern Division, task force officers conducting an exercise in Kaparo around 9 p.m.
01:16discovered a revolver loaded with two rounds of ammunition concealed between sheets of galvanized.
01:22Drug operations also resulted in seizures.
01:25In the Montauk District, officers arrested a 25-year-old San Juan man who was allegedly found with 1.02
01:32kg of marijuana.
01:34And in Brazil Village, officers found 15 packets containing a total of 7.9 kg of cannabis inside a panel
01:43van.
01:43Police say investigations into all matters are continuing.
01:47Aksha Galston, TV6 News.
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