The St James Police division seized one mini ARI5 rifle with a magazine containing nineteen 5.56 cartridges at a premises on Ducketts Road, Cambridge in the parish on Thursday, January 16.
Reports from the Cambridge Police are that at about 6:30 am, a team of lawmen were on operation in the area, when the firearm and ammunition that was in a shopping bag was seen buried beneath the root of a tree.
No one was arrested in relation to the seizure.
Investigation continues.