Six held on old warrants as police find marijuana in Couva and a rifle
South Western and Central Divisions police in Trinidad arrested six people on outstanding warrants and found a quantity of marijuana in a black plastic bag on Church Street, Couva. Officers also seized a rifle in nearby California; the weight of the marijuana was not published.
🇹🇹 Church Street, Couva, Central Division, Trinidad · Trinidad and Tobago
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South Western and Central Divisions police seized a gun and a quantity of
marijuana and arrested six people in exercises between July 31 and August 1,
2024.[1]In the South Western Division, officers held a warrant exercise
between 1 am and 8 am on July 31 and arrested six people aged between 30 and 68
on outstanding affiliate and time-allowed commitment (TAC) warrants.[1]
The exercise was coordinated by Snr Supt Teewarie, Supt Cumberbatch, ASPs
Forbes, Haynes and Corrie and Insp Harripersad, and included warrant officers
from the Point Fortin, Cedros, La Brea and Guapo police stations.[1]Central
Division Task Force (CDTF) officers went to Church Street, Couva, between 2 pm
and 8 pm on August 1 and found a quantity of marijuana in a black plastic bag
while searching an area.[1]The officers then went to California, a community
near Couva, where they found and seized a rifle.[1]The Central Division
exercise was coordinated by Snr Supt Simon, Supt Glodon, ASP Ablacksingh and
Insp Sylvan and included members of CDTF Area South and the Canine Unit.[1]
No weight, plant count or value was published for the marijuana found in the black plastic bag on Church Street, Couva.
No one was reported arrested over the marijuana or the rifle; the six arrests were on outstanding warrants in a separate South Western Division exercise.
The article does not say what the affiliate and TAC warrants were for, whether any related to cannabis, or what happened to the six people afterwards.
The rifle is a firearms find reported alongside the marijuana search; it is not a cannabis quantity and is not counted in the figures.
Only the Newsday account of the police statement could be opened; the police service's own statement or another outlet's account was not found to confirm the details.
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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.
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