Police seized high-powered rifles, pistols, ammunition and marijuana in a Central bond.[1] Between 2:30pm and 8:15pm on Friday 14 October 2022, Central Division officers with Customs and Excise Division officers searched a bond in the Central Division on intelligence information.[2] Officers said they intercepted an international crime network, seizing a large quantity of firearms, ammunition and narcotics.[2] Police said months of meticulous intelligence gathering and surveillance by a dedicated TTPS intelligence-unit team produced the seizures.[2] Acting Commissioner McDonald Jacob praised TTPS and Customs officers, saying the high-powered weapons were stopped before reaching criminals.[2]

The search recovered 40 boxes of 7.62 ammunition.[2] Officers also seized several firearm component parts.[2] Seven cans in one barrel held 3.7 kg of marijuana hidden among grocery items.[2] Six cans in a second barrel held 5.2 kg of marijuana among grocery items.[2] Across the exercise, the team seized 16 high-powered rifles, five pistols, 22 rifle magazines, two pistol magazines and several thousand rounds of 7.62 ammunition.[2]

When weighed, the marijuana totalled 8.9 kilograms, with an estimated street value of $2,670,000.[2] Investigations are continuing.[2]