Police exercises in the Northern Division yesterday resulted in the seizure of a loaded firearm in Tunapuna.

According to reports, officers were conducting inquiries along Mohammed Trace, Tunapuna, when they observed a group of young men liming along a derelict path along the roadway.

The men, on seeing the police approaching them, scattered.

Police searched a vehicle which was parked along the roadway near to the where the group was liming.

The officers allegedly found and seized a Colt .38 revolver hidden in the front fender of the vehicle.

PC Lalsingh is continuing inquiries.