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Thursday, July 24, 2025

Housewife arrested for illegally selling alcohol

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1818 days ago
20200801

A 52-year-old house­wife of Cunu­pia will ap­pear be­fore a Ch­agua­nas Mag­is­trate on Au­gust 3rd charged with sell­ing in­tox­i­cat­ing liquor with­out a liquor li­cense.


This fol­lows an in­tel­li­gence-led ex­er­cise in the Cunu­pia dis­trict led by Sgt Hay­wood and a team of of­fi­cers of the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion Task Force on Ju­ly 31st.


Ac­cord­ing to po­lice re­ports, act­ing on in­for­ma­tion, the of­fi­cers pro­ceed­ed to the Jernin­ing­ham Junc­tion home of the sus­pect where they ob­served the woman al­leged­ly sell­ing in­tox­i­cat­ing liquor with­out the nec­es­sary li­cense.


The of­fi­cers sub­se­quent­ly seized from the premis­es: 
85 Bot­tles of Heineken; 
32 Bot­tles of Mack­e­son Stout; 
35 Bot­tles of Roy­al Ex­tra Stout; 
45 Bot­tles of Carib Beer; 
11 Bot­tles of Carib Light Pil­sner; 
44 Bot­tles of Stag Beer; 
23 Bot­tles of Guin­ness For­eign Ex­tra Stout; 
Nine Bot­tles of Caribe; 
Six Bot­tles of Smirnoff; 
30 Cans of Po­lar Light Beer; 
23 Bot­tles of Mag­num Ton­ic Wine; 
10 Bot­tles of D’aguiar’s Al­co­holic Wine;
Nine Bot­tles of Banko Al­co­holic Wine; 
12 Bot­tles 750ml of White Oak;

One Bot­tle 1L White Oak;
12 Bot­tles 375ml White Oak;
22 Bot­tles 170ml of White Oak;
11 Bot­tles of 375ml For­res Park Pun­cheon Rum;
Two Bot­tles of 170ml of For­res Park Pun­cheon Rum;
Six Bot­tles of 50ml For­res Park Pun­cheon Rum;
A Sum of TT$595.00, sus­pect­ed pro­ceeds of sales.


The shop own­er was im­me­di­ate­ly ar­rest­ed and there­after
charged with sell­ing in­tox­i­cat­ing liquor with­out a liquor li­cense.
In an un­re­lat­ed in­ci­dent, the same par­ty of of­fi­cers re­ceived
fur­ther in­for­ma­tion which led to the dis­cov­ery of a firearm and
am­mu­ni­tion.


The of­fi­cers pro­ceed­ed to the Cor­ner of Bha­ga­loo Street and
Chrissie Ter­race, En­ter­prise, a known drug area, where an open
area was searched and one black Glock .40 pis­tol Aus­tria with
one mag­a­zine with 15 rounds 9mm was found.
No one was ar­rest­ed in con­nec­tion with this find

 


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