Following the recent robbery of an electronic store, police swooped down on a house at Middle Road, La Penitence at approximately 05:30hrs on Sunday, and conducted a search, during which an unlicensed point .32 revolver, 3 rounds of ammunition and several stolen cellular phones were recovered.
A police press release said the raid was carried out after certain information was received and six persons, most of whom are known, to the police were arrested. One has already confessed to ownership of the firearm and ammunition, police said and charges are to be instituted.
Police believe they will be able to make breakthroughs in a number of unsolved crimes with the arrest, following an analysis of the phones recovered and ballistics test of the firearm.
