A .25 pistol with three matching rounds were recovered by Police in’B’Division on Monday. According to information, ranks were on a mobile patrol in Port Mourant at around 00:30 hrs and while in the vicinity of Dispensary Dam, Ankerville, they noticed three men acting in a suspicious manner.
As they approached the trio, the men dropped an object in the nearby bushes and ran.
According to a police source, the officers gave chase but the men managed to escape.
A search was conducted within the area and the unlicensed pistol was recovered.
The gun will be sent for fingerprints as police continue their search for the three men.