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Teenagers among several arrested as police step up their anti-crime exercises.

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00:00Two teenage males were among four people arrested in Morva on Sunday after police intercepted a car and found two
00:06firearms and a quantity of ammunition inside,
00:09as Northeastern Division Task Force officers conducted Operation Resolute Shield between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Sunday,
00:16with special attention paid to the Morva district.
00:19During the operation, officers proceeded to a location in search of a red-colored Hyundai vehicle, which was believed to
00:24have been used in a robbery earlier that day.
00:26Upon arrival, they observed the vehicle in question and also saw a brown-colored Nissan Sentra with four occupants nearby.
00:35The occupants and their vehicle were searched and officers found one Smith & Wesson revolver containing four rounds of .38
00:42caliber ammunition
00:43and one Beretta PX pistol fitted with one magazine containing 16 rounds of 9mm ammunition.
00:49The items were seized and two teenage boys, ages 15 and 16, a 20-year-old man and a 33
00:57-year-old man, all of San Juan, were taken into custody.
01:00Police also seized both vehicles as part of the ongoing investigation.
01:05Four men were also arrested and eight street checks conducted during Operation V-TRAP, Vehicular Theft Reduction and Prevention,
01:13aimed at reducing and preventing motor vehicle larceny in areas west of the North Central Division.
01:18Police reports say around 4.45am on September 14th, while conducting checks along the Eastern Main Road, St. Augustine,
01:26officers stopped a white Nissan Wing Road, which was speeding with its headlights off.
01:30The occupants of the vehicle matched the descriptions of suspects involved in a larceny
01:34which occurred in the Tunapuna district around 4.35am that morning.
01:38And three men were arrested and a firearm and quantity of ammunition seized in Las Lomas between 11pm on Saturday
01:4412th September
01:45and 2am on Sunday 13th September in an intelligence-led anti-crime operation.
01:51They are a 22-year-old Piacomo man and two Las Lomas men, ages 24 and 25.
01:58Investigations are ongoing.
01:59Dominic Ramroop, TV6 News.
02:01Dominic Ramroop, TV6 News.
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