Twelve peo­ple were ar­rest­ed and a quan­ti­ty of firearms, am­mu­ni­tion, cannabis, and cam­ou­flage cloth­ing were re­cov­ered dur­ing sev­er­al co­or­di­nat­ed po­lice op­er­a­tions con­duct­ed across El So­cor­ro, Ma­yaro, and San­gre Grande, on Tues­day 28 May 2025, the Po­lice Ser­vice has con­firmed.

North­ern Di­vi­sion ex­er­cise

Three men were ar­rest­ed dur­ing a joint rov­ing ex­er­cise con­duct­ed be­tween 10:00 am and 2:00 pm, in the North­ern Di­vi­sion on Tues­day.

The three men—a 22-year-old and a 27-year-old, both of Ari­ma, and a 47-year-old man of El So­cor­ro Road, San Juan—were held in pos­ses­sion of one Beretta 9-mil­lime­tre pis­tol, one mag­a­zine, and 25 rounds of 9-mil­lime­tre am­mu­ni­tion.

The op­er­a­tion was spear­head­ed by ACP North East Mr Singh, Snr. Supt. May­nard Wil­son, and Supt. Guy Al­leyne.

5 held in Ma­yaro

An an­ti-crime ini­tia­tive in the Ma­yaro dis­trict car­ried out by of­fi­cers of the Ma­yaro CID and TTPS Ca­nine Unit led to the ar­rest of five in­di­vid­u­als.

The ex­er­cise took place be­tween 2:00 am and 6:00 am on Tues­day.

A 23-year-old man of Union Vil­lage, Ma­yaro was held for ques­tion­ing in re­la­tion to a re­port of rob­bery, while a 43-year-old man was joint­ly ar­rest­ed with him.

A 22-year-old man, al­so of Union Vil­lage, was ar­rest­ed for pos­ses­sion of five rounds of 9-mil­lime­tre am­mu­ni­tion and cam­ou­flage cloth­ing.

A 45-year-old woman of North West Road, Mafek­ing, was ar­rest­ed in con­nec­tion with a re­port of ma­li­cious wound­ing.

In ad­di­tion, a 40-year-old man of Mafek­ing Road, who is an ac­tive mem­ber of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Reg­i­ment, was ar­rest­ed in re­la­tion to an on­go­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to as­sault oc­ca­sion­ing ac­tu­al bod­i­ly harm.

The op­er­a­tion was led by Se­nior Su­per­in­ten­dent Pa­ponette and su­per­vised by Sgt. Mo­hammed and Cpl. Jaikaran.

Raids in San­gre Grande

Be­tween 4:00 pm and 8:00 pm on Tues­day, po­lice of­fi­cers car­ried out a se­ries of raids, search­es, and a rov­ing road check in the San­gre Grande dis­trict.

Two search war­rants were ex­e­cut­ed dur­ing the ex­er­cise.

At the res­i­dence of a 26-year-old man of Guy Trace North, Oropouche Road, of­fi­cers dis­cov­ered 81 grams of cannabis and 11 rounds of 12-gauge am­mu­ni­tion. He was ar­rest­ed and is ex­pect­ed to be charged by PC Nan­hoo.

A sec­ond war­rant was ex­e­cut­ed at the home of a 36-year-old man of Blake Av­enue, Robin­son Lane. Noth­ing il­le­gal was found there. How­ev­er, the in­di­vid­ual is list­ed as a pri­or­i­ty of­fend­er.

Dur­ing the rov­ing road check, of­fi­cers ar­rest­ed a 29-year-old man of Quash Trace, Pa­har­ry Vil­lage, San­gre Grande for pos­ses­sion of 65 grams of cannabis. He al­so is list­ed as a pri­or­i­ty of­fend­er.

Mean­while, a 30-year-old man of Morin Bay Road North, Man­zanil­la was ar­rest­ed for pos­ses­sion of 86 grams of cannabis and cam­ou­flage cloth­ing. The TTPS says he is a per­son of in­ter­est and is ex­pect­ed to be charged by PC West.

K9 sup­port dur­ing the ex­er­cis­es was pro­vid­ed by Cpl. Ra­moutar with K9 Ash­es and PC Foun­tain with K9 Ma­cho.

The Po­lice Ser­vice al­so re­ports that of­fi­cers paid spe­cial at­ten­tion to known drug blocks at Robin­son Lane in Guaico, and Quash Trace in Pa­har­ry Vil­lage.

The San­gre Grande op­er­a­tion was co­or­di­nat­ed by Snr. Supt. Pa­ponette and In­sp. Harp­er, and su­per­vised by Sgt. Ho­sein, with of­fi­cers from the East­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force and Ca­nine Unit.