Police search for illegal drugs but find pistol and ammunition, instead, during exercise at airport

The Police have prevented an illegal firearm from reaching the
streets, following an interdiction exercise conducted by the
Narcotics Department in conjunction with the Customs Enforcement
Unit.

Reports say the Police went to the V.C. Bird International Airport in
search of illegal drugs. Instead, officers discovered a brown
cardboard box with one airsoft pistol, along with eight rounds and a
cartridge.

The illegal gun and ammunition were seized and taken to Police
Headquarters for further investigation.

And in other police news: A Jennings farmer is the latest victim of
praedial larceny, an offence that reportedly is on the increase in the
southwest of the island.

Reports say the Jennings villager went to the Johnsons Point Police
Station and reported that some unknown person had gone into his
farm and stolen a portion of young dwarf coconut trees and a
quantity of lemons and oranges from trees on his Christian Valley
allotment.

This offence reportedly occurred between 12 p.m. on March 7 and 8
a.m. on March 10.

Reports say the 61-year-old farmer secured his property with a wire
fence on the dates in question, and, upon his return three days later,
discovered that a quantity of his produce had been stolen.

Allegedly the intruder had used a sharp object to uproot eight of the
coconut trees, valued at $60 each.

The perpetrator also entered the back of the property, where the
orange and lemon trees are planted, and stole a quantity of the
fruits.

Reports say the oranges are valued at $5 for two and the lemons at
five for $5.

A search was carried out for the stolen items but without
success. Inquiries into this incident are continuing.