A Venezuelan national and a Malabar man are scheduled to appear before a magistrate today on drug and arms charges after they were arrested at Mt St George, Tobago yesterday.
The men, a Venezuelan national 28, and a man from Malabar, Arima, 30, were arrested around 2.30 am.
According to reports, a crocus bag containing 28 packets of marijuana and a garbage bag containing an additional 10 packets of compressed marijuana weighing just over 20 kilogrammes, two revolvers and a .45 pistol, 43 rounds of assorted ammunition, US$850 and TT$3,171 were seized when police intercepted a car.
Speaking at a news conference at the Scarborough Police Station yesterday Assistant Supt Sterling Roberts issued a warning to would-be criminals stating that the police were on high alert.
“We want the public of Trinidad and also Tobago to know that it is not business as usual, because the police officers would be out there and doing what we have to do to make the country safe. We also want to let them know that they can call 555, 999 or 800-TIPS, with any information that they have. We want to rid the street of the guns, ammunition and drugs on the island,” Roberts said.
Task Force Officers, Criminal Gang and Intelligence Unit, Roxborough Police and CID spearheaded the operation.
So far for the year police officers in Tobago have seized 10 firearms. There has also been a significant increase in murders on the island with seven cases so far this year, the majority being linked to criminal activity and all the victims were shot dead.
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