A team of officers assigned to the Clarendon Police Division seized one Smith and Wesson Springfield 9mm with a magazine containing two 9mm rounds of ammunition during an operation in New Danks, Chapelton in the parish on Monday, July 22.
Reports are that at about 9:30 am, lawmen were in the area when a premises was searched.
During the search, the firearm and ammunition was seen wrapped in a piece of clothing inside a house.
No one was arrested in relation to this seizure.
Investigation continues.