TRINIDAD – Less than a week after Trinidadian Police Commissioner, Erle Harewood-Christopher, urged members of the public to refrain from using any item that projects objects or mimics the appearance of a weapon, two men have been arrested and two Gel Blaster toy guns seized. In a statement, the police said that the men were arrested and the “two Gel Blaster guns resembling that of firearms, seized following a police involved shooting incident”  on Sunday.

They said law enforcement officers were responding to a report of six men being observed with firearms in Cunupia in Central Trinidad on Sunday and conducted a search of the area. “Officers subsequently observed two men dressed in dark clothing with objects resembling firearms in their possession running in their direction. The officers made known their presence to the men and instructed them to drop the weapons.

“One of the men allegedly fired the said object at the officers, who in keeping with the Use of Force Policy, fired back in the direction of the assailant. The men dropped to the ground and were arrested, while Gel Blaster guns were seized,” according to the police statement, adding that investigations are continuing. (Jamaica-Gleaner)