Rhon­da Krys­tal Ram­bal­ly

Op­po­si­tion MP Colm Im­bert says Gov­ern­ment has al­lowed drug deal­ers to run ram­pant through the coun­try. He said Gov­ern­ment has con­cen­trat­ed the re­sources of the armed forces in­to cer­tain ar­eas and left all ports of en­try open for drugs. Im­bert said: "Who is this Gov­ern­ment try­ing to pro­tect? "Who are they work­ing with? "A sen­si­ble per­son could come on­ly to that in­escapable con­clu­sion that what they say and what they are do­ing is two dif­fer­ent things." Im­bert was speak­ing to the me­dia at the Red House dur­ing a press con­fer­ence by the Op­po­si­tion Leader Dr Kei­th Row­ley yes­ter­day. Im­bert said Gov­ern­ment's map high­light­ing the hot spot ar­eas had noth­ing to do with drug traf­fick­ing.

He said: "They have left all of the ar­eas of Trinidad and To­ba­go where drugs come in­to the coun­try, open and un­guard­ed." Im­bert said ar­eas such as To­co, Ba­lan­dra, Ica­cos and Ce­dros were well-known points of en­try for il­le­gal drugs and guns. He said the map was ir­rel­e­vant and was a farce. Im­bert claimed he had seen a 2010 re­port on the lo­ca­tion of crim­i­nal gangs which Gov­ern­ment had in its pos­ses­sion. He said: "The Gov­ern­ment has not ex­plained why they have tak­en this very dras­tic ac­tion to deal with what they say is a threat from drug traf­fick­ers who they claim were go­ing to cause a blood bath and may­hem and chaos and blood in the streets of Trinidad and To­ba­go."