Police destroy TT$271M of marijuana in Biche forest raids
Police and soldiers destroyed marijuana worth more than TT$271 million in the Charuma Forest near Biche in early October 2011, during Trinidad and Tobago's state of emergency. Officers found thousands of trees and cured marijuana plus arms and ammunition, and reported no arrests.
🇹🇹 Charuma Forest, Biche, Trinidad · Trinidad and Tobago
Agencies
Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force
Police and soldiers destroyed marijuana worth more than TT$271 million in the Charuma Forest near Biche in early October 2011, during Trinidad and Tobago’s state of emergency.[1][2]In raids on Tuesday 4 October, officers destroyed thousands of fully grown marijuana trees and found cured marijuana worth TT$4.5 million in one operation, then seized a larger haul plus arms and ammunition in a second raid with the Defence Force; no one was arrested.[1]About two days later, officers from the Eastern Division Task Force, the Organised Crime and Narcotics Unit and the Defence Force destroyed further fields valued at TT$115 million.[2]
Emergency context
The 4 October raids came on the 45th day of the state of emergency, during which police said 3,853 people had been arrested, adding that operations targeted drugs and arms as well as suspects.[1]Both announcements gave police estimates of street value.[1][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Value (official estimate)
TTD 271,000,000
Agencies
Trinidad and Tobago Police Service; Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force
The Tuesday figure was reported as both $156 million and close to $160 million; this report combines the Tuesday raids with the later $115 million find.
No plant counts or weights were published, only police estimates of street value.
No one was arrested in the Tuesday raids, and no suspects were named.
The whole account rests on two reports from a single outlet quoting police.
The photographs on the source pages carry no caption tying them to this event, so no media is listed.
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