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  • 2 months ago
Police and search teams are trying to locate a missing Caribbean Airlines pilot. He is one of two people reported missing in separate incidents over the past 24hours. Their vehicles were last seen in suspicious circumstances.

The pilot Daniel Kawall is also co-owner of a private plane charter company.
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00:0059-year-old Caribbean Airlines pilot Daniel Kowal of Palm Road in Valsain North has been
00:06missing since Wednesday. He was last seen driving his Toyota Hilux Registration TCM1784. His last
00:15contact with relatives was around 5 p.m. that day. Calls to his cell phone since have gone
00:21unanswered. According to police, his vehicle was spotted in the Mount Hololo area on Wednesday
00:27night. Residents notified the police but claimed no immediate action was taken. Yesterday morning
00:34around 6 o'clock, the vehicle was parked up on that side of the road, which wasn't, it
00:41was obvious because nobody don't park on that side. And on the corner is Jane Terrace. So
00:47I make a phone call to the police. At that point in time, they said they had no bulletin on the
00:53vehicle being stolen or anything. The vehicle was then placed on group chats within the community
00:59to see if anyone knew who it belonged to. However, by 5 a.m. today, it had been moved. One resident
01:07was critical of the police, saying that they did their duty and communicated their concerns
01:13and that if the officers had acted faster, they would have recovered the car and probably
01:19have solid leads into Cowell's disappearance. I think if a report was made, they could have
01:24come and check and see. Because at this time, the amount of crime going on here, we don't
01:29know who was in the vehicle or who the vehicle belongs to, if it was in a robbery, whatever
01:35it is. It could be involving a shooter and they pack it up and leave it here and the community
01:41could have got blamed for it. On Friday, a team of officers from the Anti-Kidnapping Unit,
01:46the Port of Spain Division and the Air Support Unit visited the area in St. Anne's. They
01:52were aided by officials from the Hunter's Search and Rescue Team, led by Captain Valance Rambra.
01:58At 3 a.m. this morning, Hunter's Search and Rescue Team would have received a distress call
02:05from the daughter of Mr. Daniel Kewal, indicating that he was missing since Wednesday. He lived alone
02:12in Basin and so it is only last night or early into this morning, she realized he was missing.
02:19He said that the group responded immediately and was soon updated on the urgency of the
02:24situation, that Cowell may have been kidnapped.
02:28So what happened is on Wednesday night in the Springbank area, the vehicle was seen turning
02:35and apart from turning, the residents heard howling and screaming inside of the vehicle
02:41while it tried to turn. What we believe happened after that is that the vehicle would have made
02:49its way right here to the back of me and the residents spotted the vehicle late Wednesday
02:55night, packed up, packed up, nobody inside. He said that the group made their way to the
03:00location. However, by the time of their arrival, the vehicle had been moved by some persons between
03:07midnight on Thursday and Friday morning. The Hunter's team said they covered a lot of ground
03:13today, but Cowell had not been located.
03:15We covered a lot of ground from where the vehicle was spotted on Wednesday night to right here and
03:24then we went way up into the mountains where you have several police units currently.
03:30Meanwhile, police are also investigating the disappearance of a 58-year-old businessman,
03:37Imraz Ali from Kanupia. His son reported him missing at 1.45am on Friday. Ali was last seen home
03:45around 5.30pm on Thursday. He left in a white Toyota Crown registration PBT 7377. Since then,
03:54all attempts to contact him have failed. Police say investigations into both cases are continuing.
04:02Anyone with information is asked to contact the nearest police stations or call Crime Stoppers.
04:09Alexander Bruiswall, TV6 News.
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