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Police are now investigating the murder of a vegetable vendor in Tunapuna yesterday.
The dead man has been identified as Wayne ‘Jarro’ Clarke.
Police said Clarke was at his stall at the corner of Green and Balthazar Street around 11.30 am when he was attacked.
When police arrived on the scene the found Clarke on the ground with a gunshot wound to the head.
Police said Clarke was a former prisoner.
In an unrelated incident, officers of the Northern Division Task Force yesterday found one pistol and a quantity of ammunition during an anti-crime exercise conducted in Tunapuna on Saturday.
According to police reports, officers acting on information went to Sesame Street, where they conducted a search in a bushy area. They found a plastic bag containing one Blazer Lorcin pistol loaded with a magazine containing three rounds of .38mm ammo, a bleach bottle containing 11 rounds of 9mm ammo and 143.2g of marijuana.
No arrest was made in connection with the find.
Meanwhile, officers of the Eastern Division Task Force recovered a pistol and a home-made shotgun following a report of a man being seen with a firearm at Sahadeen Trace, Vega De Oropouche, around 10.45 pm, on Saturday.
Officers went to the location after being contacted and observed a man walking along a track with an object resembling a firearm in his possession. Upon seeing the officers, the man ran off. A search of the area resulted in the shotgun and Browning pistol being discovered. However, the man escaped.