Rifles, grenades found in Lethem raid

A man and woman have been held after police found rifles and grenades at a Tabatinga, Lethem residence today.

A police release today said that at about 1500h today, the police conducted a search on a residence at Tabatinga where the following arms and ammunition and other articles were found:

Some of the weapons found (Police photo)
Some of the weapons found (Police photo)

(a)    Four (4) automatic rifles (type yet to be confirmed) along with four (4) magazines and 389 rounds 7.62×39 calibre ammunition.

(b)   Six (6) M 16 rifles along with two (2) magazines and 74 matching rounds.

(c)    Two (2) Shrapnel hand grenades.

(d)   One (1) Icon VHF radio set.

(e)    One (1) Icon hand-held radio set.

(f)    One (1) roll of camouflage material.

Police said that a man and a woman have been arrested and are in police custody assisting with the investigations.