A Morvant Man appeared before a Port-of-Spain High Court charged with possession of house-breaking implements on March 21st.
Troy Williams, 24, of Gardenia Street, Morvant was granted $25,000 bail with surety. He is to report to the Morvant police station once per month during the hours of 5 am – 7 pm.
The case has been transferred to the Port-of-Spain Magistrates’ Court and the matter has been postponed to April 24th, 2024.
On March 18th, at approximately 2.30 am, police received a report of a break-in at a credit union where men were seen loading a safe into a white-coloured panel van in Barataria.
Officers responded, upon arrival they observed a white-coloured Nissan Caravan and a man seated in the driver’s seat. The officers approached the driver and identified themselves, the driver behaved suspiciously causing the officers to search the vehicle.
A vehicle search was conducted and revealed one gas tank, one oxygen tank with one red-coloured hose and one green-coloured hose attached, one blow torch, one pick Axe, one pig foot and one TOTAL pipe wrench.
Williams was asked about the items discovered in the vehicle but he could not provide a reasonable response. The officers then made their way into the credit union and found certain rooms ransacked and other things of evidential value.
Williams was immediately arrested and taken to the station pending further investigation.
On March 21st, he was charged by WPC Baboolal of the Barataria Criminal Investigations Department.