ACTING on a tip-off, police ranks on Monday afternoon arrested three men in a silver- grey Toyota Premio with two firearms and matching ammunition on Princes Street in the city.
They also recovered a pair of car tags with the registration number PRR 4987.

Reports are that the arrest was made at around 17:00hrs on Princes and High Streets near the Infiniti Gas Station.

The vehicle in which the men were arrested, bearing registration number HC 5573, was being driven by a South Sophia taxi driver, while his accomplices were said to be a miner of  South Amelia’s Ward in Linden, and a West Ruimveldt taxi driver.

Reports are that while a search of the men’s person yielded nothing, a search of the motorcar in their presence unearthed two firearms, one of which was a black-and-silver 9mm pistol with its serial number filed out, and a magazine of 12 rounds of matching ammunition.

The other gun was a black .32 Taurus pistol with a magazine of seven matching rounds of ammunition.
Both guns were reportedly wrapped in a black vest under the driver’s seat of the car.
After the find, all three suspects were escorted to the Ruimveldt Police Station where they were placed in custody.