CRIME WRAP: 11 GUNS SEIZED

Eleven guns have been removed from the streets of Tobago to date. This from Senior Superintendent  Earl Elie.

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00:0011 guns have been removed from the streets of Tobago today to this from senior superintendent

00:04earl eli well for 2025 a total of 11 firearms have been removed from tobago which brings

00:14to 41 the number of guns between last year and this year which to me is a lot for a small space

00:21as tobago officer eli said crime is under control in tobago as officers continue their relentless

00:27pursuit in the war against criminals yeah heading in a safe direction we are not quite as safe as we

00:36would like it to be but we are getting there and we are getting there very quickly let's just share

00:42some basic statistics with you at this time last year we would have had 10 murders at this time

00:52with the corresponding period this year we have three murders which is three too many in my book

00:57uh but the good news about that is that all three have been solved all three persons have been

01:03charged and uh are before the courts last year this time we would have had 39 cases of of violent

01:10offenses that's shooting and woundings yeah uh this year we have 12 for this period so we see a

01:18significant reduction in the violent crimes a significant reduction in the murders and that's

01:24the current trend that we are going on a 33 year old woman was allegedly sexually assaulted and beaten

01:31after a confrontation with her former partner in mayaru according to reports the incident occurred on

01:36june 6th at a residence on seaview lane pleasance road mayaru where the woman had been speaking with

01:43the ex-boyfriend the victim reported the incident to the mayaru police station on wednesday the suspect was

01:49located but escaped by jumping through a window later around 6 30 p.m he was apprehended during an

01:56exercise in the mayaru district and remains in custody at the mayaru police station four automated

02:04teller machines were severely damaged at the first citizens bank branch located at independence square in

02:11port of spain the estimated cost of the damage is 33 000 at approximately 4 a.m on wednesday a security

02:20officer from amalgamated security services limited stationed at the bank's credit card center on shacon

02:26street was alerted by a pedestrian to the incident a report was made to the police later that day

02:32officers arrested a 40-year-old man from co street eastern quarry in laventil in connection with the incident