Police raids overnight has resulted in the discovery and seizure of several illegal items.

According to police at 12:45 PM on Wednesday officers from the Inter Agency Task Force (I.A.T.F.) together with personnel from the Criminal Gang and Intelligence Unit (C.G.I.U.) conducted a search of an abandoned church along the Laventille road in the vicinity of Desperlie Crescent.

The officers recovered one Walter sub-machine gun with one magazine and 32 rounds of 9 mm ammunition, together with a quantity of marijuana which amounted to 55 grams.