The St Andrew South police seized a firearm and two rounds of ammunition during an operation in Tavares Gardens, Kingston 11, on Tuesday.

The Hunts Bay police say about 1:10 p.m., lawmen were in the area when a property was searched.

They say during the search, a nine millimetre Taurus pistol with a magazine containing two rounds of ammunition was seen in a bag that was under a building block.

No one was arrested in relation to the seizure.

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