One man was arrested and a quantity of stolen items recovered during exercises in the Northern Division on Monday. After several reports of house breakings in the district, a house search exercise was conducted in the Mc Inroy Street, Curepe area.
On searching one of the homes, they recovered several items of jewellery, watches, laptops, cell phones and the suspect was arrested.
Also, during a drug block exercise conducted in the La Horquetta/San Raphael Districts between12:50pm and 4:30pm, officers spotted a man, who looked in the direction of the marked police vehicle and ran towards the Caroni River.
During his efforts to escape a yellow, rectangular package fell from the suspect’s back pack. The suspect was able to escape capture when he jumped into the flooded river and proceeded towards the Greenvale or Carapo area Northern Division Task Force, South officers did a comprehensive search but did not find the suspect, further investigation of the package revealed 520 grams of marijuana.