Man held as two foil packets of cannabis found in Arouca police drive
Trinidad and Tobago police arrested a Trincity man on 15 August 2025 after they saw him pass two foil packets of cannabis through a gate on Dickson Street, Arouca, during a roving North-Central Division operation. A search found the packets and cash, and he was held at Arouca Police Station for trafficking in cannabis.
🇹🇹 Dickson Street, Arouca, Tunapuna-Piarco · Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago police arrested one man for trafficking cannabis during a
roving operation in the North-Central Division on Friday, 15 August 2025.[1]The operation was run by officers of the North-Central Division Task Force
(East) with the Arouca CID and ran from 5 pm to 8 pm.[1]It covered Dickson
Street, St Michael Road, Market Street, Thomas Trace and the corner of Lopinot
Road and Manan Street in Arouca, a town in Tunapuna-Piarco.[1]
Around 6:30 pm officers saw a group of men gathered on Dickson Street near a
spot identified for drug activity and identified themselves as police as they
approached.[1]One man was seen passing two foil packets through a gate while
saying “look the 100 and 20 piece”.[1]PC Lalsingh detained the suspect, a
resident of St Clair Extension, Trincity, and a search of his person found two
foil packets containing cannabis and a quantity of cash.[1]Police told him of
the offence of trafficking in cannabis, arrested him and cautioned him under the
Judges’ Rules, the common-law rules on questioning suspects.[1]He was taken
to Arouca Police Station, where investigations continued under PC Mohammed.[1]
The exercise ran under ACP Simon and Snr Supt Gift with ASP Bharath, Insp Pierre
and PC Rochford, the police service said.[2]The Trinidad and Tobago Police
Service said it remains committed to proactive policing and community safety.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
No weight or street value for the two foil packets of cannabis was published, so no cannabis quantity or value is recorded.
No charge, court appearance or sentence was reported; investigations were continuing under PC Mohammed at the time.
The reports name no age or full name for the suspect, only that he lives in St Clair Extension, Trincity.
The article gives no separate date for the operation; 15 August 2025 is the Friday before the 16 August publication date, and that reasoning is used for the incident date.
Both outlets carry the same TTPS account, so the two reports are not independent; no separate police release could be opened.
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