The police seized five firearms and 42 rounds of ammunition yesterday.

This brings to 22 the number of firearms seized this week along with 293 assorted rounds of ammunition.

According to Deputy Commissioner of Police Selvin Hay, firearms seizures have occurred at a rate of two per day since January, while about 34 rounds of ammunition are seized daily.

He said this represents numerous lives that have been saved by the work of the police who lessen the ability of criminals to carry out their nefarious acts.

The seizures began about 9:10 a.m. with the seizure of a .40 pistol on bongo lane in Spanish Town, St. Catherine.

Later about 2:00 p.m., the Papine police seized a 9 mm Browning pistol with a magazine containing fourteen 9 mm cartridges on Old Hope Road, Kingston 6.

And, about 3:15 p.m., while searching several premises on Swan Lane, Kingston, the Kingston Eastern police found a Taurus 9 mm semi-automatic pistol hidden among some stones on one of the premises.

One man, 29-year-old Daniel Grant, a maintenance worker of Mountain View Avenue, Kingston 3, was arrested and charged with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition in relation to the seizure on old hope road.

He is scheduled to appear before the corporate area gun court on Friday, October 12.

In addition, two firearms (one .357 magnum revolver loaded with eight cartridges and one Carandai 9 mm pistol containing one 9 mm round of ammunition) were also seized during confrontations with the police in Upper Rock Spring district, Hanover and Petersfield, Westmoreland, respectively.

Two men were fatally shot in the incidents.

DCP Hay is also encouraging citizens to assist the police by providing them with information relating to illegal activities.

Persons may call the police 119 emergency number, crime stop at 311, the nearest police station or they may use the stay alert application.