In con­tin­ued an­ti-crime ex­er­cis­es, of­fi­cers ar­rest­ed a 36-year-old man for pos­ses­sion of one Tau­rus pis­tol, two mag­a­zines and eight rounds of am­mu­ni­tion. The of­fi­cers al­so held two male sus­pects, ages 22 and 31, in con­nec­tion with a re­port of a rob­bery in the Princes Town dis­trict.

A 21-year-old fe­male sus­pect of Matu­ra was ar­rest­ed in con­nec­tion with two rec­tan­gu­lar pack­ages which were found in her ve­hi­cle con­tain­ing over one kilo­gramme of mar­i­jua­na.

This ex­er­cise al­so led to the ar­rest of a man in the Mar­aval area and the seizure of a quan­ti­ty of mar­i­jua­na.

De­tails fol­low in this press re­lease from the TTPS:

The var­i­ous op­er­a­tional units of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) con­tin­ue to en­gage in an­ti-crime ex­er­cis­es aimed at re­mov­ing il­le­gal guns and drugs off the streets and out of the hands of the crim­i­nal el­e­ments.

Dur­ing an in­tel­li­gence-led ex­er­cise con­duct­ed in the South­ern Di­vi­sion yes­ter­day, of­fi­cers of the South­ern Di­vi­sion Op­er­a­tions and In­tel­li­gence Unit, ar­rest­ed a 36-year-old man for pos­ses­sion of one Tau­rus pis­tol, two mag­a­zines and eight rounds of am­mu­ni­tion. The of­fi­cers al­so held two male sus­pects, ages 22 and 31, in con­nec­tion with a re­port of rob­bery in the Princes Town dis­trict.

The ex­er­cise was co­or­di­nat­ed by ACP Ro­driguez, W/Snr. Supt. Win­ches­ter, Supt. Carthy, ASP Jaikaran and In­sp. Phillip.

Mean­while, of­fi­cers of the East­ern Di­vi­sion, con­duct­ed an ex­er­cise in the San­gre Grande dis­trict, be­tween 3:30 pm and 10 pm, yes­ter­day. Dur­ing the ex­er­cise, of­fi­cers stopped and searched a gold-coloured Nis­san Almera mo­tor ve­hi­cle in the Guaico dis­trict.

The search re­sult­ed in of­fi­cers find­ing two rec­tan­gu­lar pack­ages in the ve­hi­cle con­tain­ing over one kilo­gramme of mar­i­jua­na. A 21-year-old fe­male sus­pect of Matu­ra was ar­rest­ed in con­nec­tion with the find.

Al­so, in the West­ern Di­vi­sion, an in­tel­li­gence-led ex­er­cise con­duct­ed by of­fi­cers of the Spe­cial In­ves­ti­ga­tions Unit and Mar­aval Crim­i­nal In­ves­ti­ga­tions De­part­ment, be­tween 5 pm and 8 pm, on Mon­day 4th April, 2022, re­sult­ed in the ar­rest of a male sus­pect and the seizure of a quan­ti­ty of mar­i­jua­na.

Dur­ing the ex­er­cise, of­fi­cers ex­e­cut­ed a search war­rant at the Mar­aval home of a 75-year-old fe­male sus­pect. The search re­sult­ed in the seizure of 12 brown pack­ages con­tain­ing 7.7 kilo­grammes of mar­i­jua­na, which were hid­den in­side a bar­rel on the premis­es. The drug has an es­ti­mat­ed street val­ue of TT$103,950.

The woman who was in the house at the time of the ex­er­cise, was ar­rest­ed in con­nec­tion with the find.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing in­to all the mat­ters.