3 kg cannabis seized in Enterprise; two held on cocaine counts
Police seized three kilograms of cannabis in four packages from a bushy area off Tobago Road Extension, Enterprise, during a Central Division operation. Two people were arrested separately at Suresh Street, Chaguanas, for cocaine possession and possession for trafficking.
🇹🇹 Tobago Road Extension, Enterprise, Chaguanas · Trinidad and Tobago
Police arrested two people at Suresh Street, Chaguanas, during an anti-crime
operation in Area North of the Central Division on Friday.[1]One arrested
person was held for possession of cocaine and the second for possession of
cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.[1]The arrested individuals were taken
to a police station in the Central Division to assist with investigations.[1]
In a separate search, officers searched a bushy area off Tobago Road Extension,
Enterprise.[1]Officers found four rectangular packages wrapped in brown tape
at that location.[1]The packages contained cannabis with a combined weight of
three kilograms.[1]The cannabis was seized and taken into police custody.[1]
Police said enquiries are continuing in relation to the seizures and arrests.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Cannabis
3 kg
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (3 kg)
Activity
Trafficking, Possession
Setting
Street or public place
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
CNC3cnc3.co.ttCannabis seized, two arrested in Central Division operation
Open questions the AI reported
The articles say only that the operation took place on Friday; 16 January 2026 is inferred as the Friday before the 17 January 2026 publication dates.
The two arrests were reported as cocaine possession and possession for trafficking, not as cannabis arrests, so no cannabis-linked arrest charge is recorded beyond the operation total.
No quantity, value, laboratory result, or cannabis-linked charge was published for the cocaine finds, and no separate cannabis-linked arrest, value, or court outcome was reported.
The Guardian and CNC3 texts are the same police account republished by sister outlets, so only one underlying official version could be checked.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in CNC3: The exercise took place between 1.00 pm and 6.00 pm and was coordinated by senior officers of the Central Division.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Trinidad Guardian: Officers from the Central Division Task Force Area North took part, with support from the K9 Unit and the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in CNC3: Police said searches were conducted at residences of priority offenders under Regulation 390 of the Emergency Powers Regulations, 2025, and in locations identified as areas where illegal narcotics are sold.
Trinidad and Tobago police and Coast Guard officers found 17 bales holding 1,155 packets of cannabis, 661.9 kg in all, after a beach landing at Chatham Beach, Cedros, on 4 November 2026. The people unloading the boat escaped out to sea in a pirogue and no arrests were reported; the TTPS valued the haul at TT$19,833,171.60.
Trinidad and Tobago police seized nine packets of cannabis weighing about 350 g, worth TT$45,000, from an empty lot at Ramdhani Trace, Debe, on 30 October 2026, plus ten rounds of 9 mm ammunition from an abandoned structure. A house search was negative and no arrests were reported.
Trinidad and Tobago police seized about 2.2 kg of cannabis from three locations in Port-of-Spain during Operation B.L.A.S.T. on 29 September 2026. Officers recovered packets and loose plant material in East Dry River and Henry Street, and reported no arrests.
TTPS destroyed 8.3 tonnes of narcotics (5.22t marijuana, 3.08t cocaine, ecstasy and heroin) worth TT$1.6B at Caroni on 29 September 2026, calling it 1% of GDP seized from the local drug mafia. No new arrests were tied to the destruction.
