A team of officers assigned to the Kingston Western Police Division seized one 9mm pistol with a magazine containing nine 9mm rounds of ammunition during an operation on Charles Street in the parish on Wednesday, January 22.

Reports from the Denham Town Police are that at about 9:10 a.m., lawmen were in the area when they saw a man. On seeing the police, the man ran and threw an object on the ground. The object was retrieved, and a closer examination of the object revealed that it was a Canik 9mm pistol with a magazine of nine 9mm rounds of ammunition.

No one was arrested in relation to this seizure.

Investigation continues.