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Thursday, July 24, 2025

Kidnapped San Juan teen back home

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A rel­a­tive of a 15-year-old San Juan teen who was kid­napped on Christ­mas Eve was be­ing ques­tioned by the po­lice late yes­ter­day.

One man from the Port-of-Spain com­mu­ni­ty, who is a gang mem­ber, was al­so in po­lice cus­tody.

Jaavi­ka George, a stu­dent at a sec­ondary school in San Juan, was kid­napped while on his way to a shop along Chotoo Lane, El So­cor­ro.

A re­port said around 2.30 pm on Christ­mas Eve, George was bun­dled in­to the back of a Nis­san Ti­i­da mo­tor car.

Rel­a­tives im­me­di­ate­ly made a re­port to the Barataria Po­lice Sta­tion and of­fi­cers con­duct­ed en­quiries. Of­fi­cers of the In­ter-agency Task Force Strike Team, An­ti-Kid­nap­ping Unit and the Barataria Po­lice re­spond­ed.

A ran­som of $300,000 was lat­er de­mand­ed for George's safe re­lease.

How­ev­er, George was lat­er dis­cov­ered in an aban­doned house in Laven­tille af­ter an ex­er­cise was car­ried out by the po­lice. He was tak­en to the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex, Mt Hope, where he was treat­ed and dis­charged. In­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing.

Po­lice said yes­ter­day that one of the sus­pects was tak­en to the Cen­tral Po­lice Sta­tion while the oth­er was at the Barataria Po­lice Sta­tion.

When con­tact­ed, rel­a­tives, who did not want to be named, said they were sur­prised that George was kid­napped.

"I am glad he's re­leased, he's back and he's okay. He was go­ing to buy some­thing and they take him. Some­body see and make an alarm," the rel­a­tive told the T&T Guardian.

"I was in shock. And he is a good and de­cent boy who go­ing to school and study­ing."

Friends of the fam­i­ly ex­pressed their dis­may at the in­ci­dent and ini­tial­ly took to so­cial me­dia to find George when he was tak­en.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.


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