A 23-year-old man of East Dry Riv­er was ar­rest­ed by of­fi­cers at­tached to the In­ter Agency Task Force, af­ter they seized a quan­ti­ty of mar­i­jua­na and a sum of cash at his home, dur­ing a war­rant ex­er­cise on Tues­day.

The Po­lice Ser­vice re­ports that of­fi­cers on ex­er­cise, be­tween 4:00 am to 6:00 am yes­ter­day (Oc­to­ber24, 2023), went to the home of a sus­pect at Quar­ry Road, East Dry Riv­er, Port of Spain to con­duct a search war­rant.

Ac­cord­ing to the TTPS state­ment, dur­ing the search, of­fi­cers found and seized a quan­ti­ty of mar­i­jua­na weigh­ing 363.5 grams and some $27,492.00 in Trinidad and To­ba­go cur­ren­cy.

The ac­cused was cau­tioned, ar­rest­ed and con­veyed to the Besson Street Po­lice Sta­tion along with the items.

He was of­fi­cial­ly charged with the of­fence of Pos­ses­sion of Cannabis.

Of­fi­cers of the Fi­nan­cial In­ves­ti­ga­tions Bu­reau are con­duct­ing in­quiries with re­spect to the cash that was seized.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.