00:00The TTPS has arrested a 13-year-old boy and a 26-year-old man in connection with a suspected
00:07drone delivery of contraband to the Aruka Maximum Security Prison. According to information released
00:13by the TTPS on Saturday morning, between the hours of 6.30 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. today,
00:20Northern Division Police conducted an intelligence-led operation that was coordinated by
00:25Commissioner of Police Alistair Guevara, Deputy Commissioner of Police Suzette Martin,
00:31and Senior Superintendent of Prisons Lee Davis. Reports state the TTPS received information
00:37that a group of men was conveying contraband into MSP via a drone. A team of officers across
00:43various TTPS-specialised units and Defence Force members was immediately dispatched.
00:49On arrival at 4th Street Extension, Bonaire, surveillance was conducted and soon after
00:54they searched a bushy area, where two males, upon seeing the officers, ran through some
01:00dense bushes and jumped off a 25-feet embankment to avoid capture. The suspects, a 13-year-old
01:07boy from Orupun Gardens and a 26-year-old man from the Tunapuna area, were detained hiding in the
01:14river. The officers were able to seize from the pair 1,050 grams of cannabis, 256 packs of cigarettes,
01:2315 Samsung cell phones, two LCD screens, one DJI drone, one power bank, 12 charging blocks, 20 packs of
01:32hemp, 12 lighters, 50 packs of wrapping paper, one digital scale, 16 wired headsets, one wireless
01:41headset, 15 USB cables, four nail clippers, one flick knife and one nail file. TV6 was told a
01:50simultaneous search at the maximum security prison was conducted, resulting in another large quantity
01:57of contraband being found and seized. Enquiries are continuing.
02:02Cindy Ragubantika Singh, TV6 News.
02:06Cindy Ragubantika Singh, TV7 News.
02:07Cindy Ragubantika, TV7 News.
02:09Cindy Ragub
