Two separate operations in the last 24 hours have led to millions of dollars' worth of narcotics being removed from the streets, along with an illegal firearm.
00:00Major drug and firearm seizures are being reported tonight as police step up their crackdown on criminal activity across Trinidad and Tobago.
00:08Two separate operations in the last 24 hours have led to millions of dollars worth of narcotics being removed from the streets, along with an illegal firearm.
00:18On Tuesday, officers intercepted a vehicle during a high-speed chase that ended in Santa Cruz.
00:23The suspect reportedly abandoned the car and fled on foot after driving through Saddle Road and plunging into a nearby river.
00:31A search of the abandoned vehicle uncovered three bales containing 90 bricks of marijuana, with an estimated street value of $5.45 million.
00:40Later that night, police acted on intelligence, discovered another stash of drugs and a loaded weapon.
00:45A search of a bin on First Street, Sawa, yielded over one kilogram of marijuana.
00:50Further investigation led officers to an open lot off Mosses Avenue, where a Glock .22 pistol, a magazine and seven rounds of ammunition were recovered hidden inside a white T-shoot.
01:02Two secondary school students from Laramene were arrested by police officers stationed outside of the school after they were found with marijuana on the school grounds.
01:11Reports said the officers searched the 14-year-old male student and the 15-year-old female student after they were seen acting suspiciously.
01:22The officers found 2.7 grams of marijuana hidden in the male student's groin area and 4.1 grams in the female student's backpack.
01:31The principal was informed and their parents were contacted.
01:34They were arrested and charged with the possession of a dangerous drug in a school where children were present for the purpose of education.
01:43They were given bail by a justice of the peace and are expected to pay in court on October 27, 2025.
01:52Police are investigating a shooting in Sawa that left a 41-year-old man injured outside his home on Tuesday night.
01:58Reports indicate around 8 p.m. the victim was standing on the steps of his residence on Nicholasville Extension while his wife was parking their car.
02:07He was approached by two men he reportedly knew who suddenly pulled out firearms and shot him.
02:13The man ran inside his home but fell to the floor after being struck once in the upper left leg.
02:18He was taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex and is listed in stable condition.
02:23The assailants fled on foot and remain at large.
02:25Police are investigating a robbery in which a couple was held at gunpoint, abducted and their vehicle stolen along Pinto Main Road early on Tuesday morning.
02:37Around 3 a.m. a 34-year-old man and his 27-year-old wife, both from Dyett Street, Canupia, stopped near train line Pinto to check their car's tires.
02:46While the driver was outside the vehicle, two mastermen in dark clothing approached, brandishing objects resembling firearms.
02:52The suspects forced the man back into the back seat, took control of their silver Honda City and drove the couple to Salia Road in Wallafield, Arima.
03:03There, the couple was robbed of a mobile phone and an iPhone before the assailants fled with the vehicle.
03:09An 80-year-old taxi driver was robbed while on duty in St. James on Tuesday afternoon.
03:16Police see the driver from Upper Bones Road reported around 4.10 p.m.
03:21He picked up three men at the St. James taxi stand in his Nissan Almera.
03:25After two passengers exited along Track Read Road, the remaining man orders the driver onto a road opposite the Coconut Growers Association on the Eastern Main Road,
03:34announced a robbery and stole two cell phones worth $1,600 along with $2,050 in cash before fleeing the scene.
03:43The incident was reported to the Messon Street Police.
03:45Thehorizured died from the Messon Street Police, and caused multiple vertical illegal accommodation.
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