Philipsburg: While it is reported locally and in Curacao that members of Operation Trust confiscated weapons during a house raid on Monday Police Spokesman said that information is completely false. He said on Monday January 12 Operation Trust began their activities in the morning. Those activities he said are traffic controls which started on Sucker Garden Road, that operation he said lasted for two hours. The officers he said then moved to the Philipsburg area and a house search was conducted in Schoolsteeg number 5. The confiscated items are goods, 46 bullets for .38 special and 19 bullets for p44 slugs
Leonard said during these control two persons were arrested with illegal drugs, while another was arrested with a knife. While someone was arrested for being in possession of ammunition there were no guns confiscated. The police spokesman said he does not know where the media got the false information from but hopes that this would not happen in the future. He said a total of 43 persons were searched while 121 traffic fines were issued. 
Eight persons were detained for their legal status on the island. During the first day operation 39 vehicles were towed away for one reason or the other, 5 scooters, one quad and one motor cycle.
The police department is advising all drivers to make sure they have the relevant documents in their vehicles. Residents and non residents should make sure they have some sort of identification. Leonard said this would safe both the officers and the general public a lot of time. The intention he said is to make St. Maarten a safer place for everyone.