Particulars for detention order obtained by the T&T Guardian regarding a plot to destabilise Trinidad and Tobago and cause major panic:On October 28, 2011 an officer of the Special Branch Unit of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service received credible information from a confidential informant that there was being planned a plot to destabilise Trinidad and Tobago and cause major panic and that the detainee was the mastermind behind the plot.
The information from the said confidential informant was that the detainee was the leader of a extremist Islamic group which meets at Chaguanas and that the detainee regularly espouses extremist and radical Islamic beliefs at these masjids.The said confidential informant also said the detainee had recruited members of his religious group to carry out the detainee's plan to destabilise Trinidad and Tobago.
On September 18, 2011, three men, all believed to be members of the detainee's radical Islamic group, were arrested at Wallerfield, after a period of surveillance conducted by members of the Criminal Intelligence Unit (CIU).Upon the arrest of certain people the following items were seized by the police:
• One Glock 17 pistol;
• 30 rounds of 0.40 mm ammunition;
• 24 rounds of 9mm ammunition;
• 10 rounds of 9mm ammunition;
• six firearm magazines;
• one rifle firearm, with scope;
• two bulletproof vests;
• two police velcro patches;
• one blue sweater, resembling that used by members of the Guard and Emergency Branch;
• Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force camouflage jacket and pants;
• two stolen vehicles; and
n one computer, on which was stored anti-terrorist and weapon-training material, originating from the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigations and Special Air Services
Information received from the said confidential source was that a detainee was responsible for purchasing ammunition for the said plot.In 2010, the detainee was arrested and charged with possession of more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition after said ammunition was found at his home along with a number of high-powered rifles, including AK47 assault rifles and a large quantity of narcotics.
Intelligence received has linked the detainee to the importation of sophisticated weapons that were capable of long-range assassinations and together a central businessman whose home was searched and a large cache of high-powered rifles were recently found, is suspected in the importation of such weapons. The particulars of the detention orders were prepared by National Security Minister John Sandy.
In the report Sandy wrote: "In the light of the information from the police and the antecedent activities of the detainee and his known associates, I have formed the opinion that there is a real threat to public safety and public order in Trinidad and Tobago and that the detainee must be detained to prevent him from indulging in activities prejudicial to such public safety and public order."