Taxi driver held as 187 kg of cannabis and a Glock are seized in Cunupia
Trinidad and Tobago police detained a 31-year-old taxi driver at a house on Rasheed Avenue, Munroe Road, Cunupia, and seized 187 kg of cannabis and a Glock 19 pistol. Police valued the cannabis, packed in 187 trafficking packets, at TT$1,309,000 and said investigations were continuing.
The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service detained a 31-year-old taxi driver at a
house on Rasheed Avenue, Munroe Road, Cunupia, around 8 am on Friday 15 May
2026.[1]Police said the man led investigators to concealed crocus bags, the
woven sacks used for bulk cargo, inside an abandoned structure next to the
premises.[1]
The search seized187 kilograms of cannabis and 187 trafficking packets, which
police valued at TT$1,309,000.[1]Officers also seized a Glock 19 pistol with
14 rounds of 9 mm ammunition.[1]
The man was arrested and cautioned for possession of marijuana for the purpose
of trafficking, possession of a firearm without a firearm user’s licence, and
possession of ammunition without a firearm user’s licence.[1]The operation
was carried out under the 2026 State of Emergency Regulations as part of Central
Division work against narcotics trafficking, gang violence, illegal firearms and
organised crime.[1]It involved officers from the Cunupia Police Station,
Caroni CID, the K-9 Unit and the Central Division Task Force Area North.[1]Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations) Suzette Martin led the operation.[1]
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
187 kg
Value (official estimate)
TTD 1,309,000
Agency
Trinidad and Tobago Police Service
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (187 kg)
Activity
Possession, Trafficking
Setting
Home
Charges
possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking; possession of a firearm without a firearm user's licence; possession of ammunition without a firearm user's licence
Case stage
Charged
Region
Cunupia, Caroni County
Sources
TTT Newsttt.liveMedia Release – $1.3M In Cannabis Seized In Cunupia
The Guardian and TTT accounts both reproduce the TTPS media release; no independent reporting of the raid was found.
No separate weight for the 187 trafficking packets beyond the 187 kilograms total was published, and no laboratory result.
The TT$1,309,000 figure is the police estimate of street value, not a confirmed sale price.
No charge has been filed in court and no hearing or court outcome was reported; the source says the man was cautioned and investigations are continuing.
Cunupia's coordinates are those of the town centre; the exact location of Rasheed Avenue was not independently verified.
The Trinidad Guardian page supplies the police handout photo and the account it published under the headline, but its article text uses soft hyphens, so the TTT copy of the TTPS media release was used for the exact quotations.
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.
