Woman held as 2.6 kg cannabis and an AR rifle are seized in Curepe
Trinidad and Tobago police arrested a 43-year-old woman after searching a house on Harris Street, Curepe, on the night of Friday 31 July 2026, finding an AR rifle, 242 rounds of ammunition and cannabis. Officers seized 2.6 kilogrammes of cannabis and boxes of cannabis-infused vapes and chocolates; the woman stayed in custody pending investigation.
🇹🇹 Harris Street, Curepe, Trinidad · Trinidad and Tobago
Police arrested a 43-year-old woman after searching a house on Harris Street,
Curepe, on the night of Friday 31 July 2026.[1]Officers of the Northern North
Division Task Force carried out the intelligence-led search between 7 p.m. and
10 p.m. after receiving information.[1]In a bedroom they found an AR rifle,
several types of ammunition and cannabis-related items, according to the
Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), the country’s police force.[1]
Police said they seized2.6 kilogrammes of cannabis in five compressed packets
inside a black suitcase.[1]The same search turned up 23 boxes of
cannabis-infused vapes and three boxes of cannabis-infused chocolates, which
police do not give a weight for.[1]Officers also recovered 242 rounds of
ammunition in five calibres, along with an assault rifle and firearm magazines
and parts.[1]
The woman remained in police custody while investigations continued, and the
operation was supervised by Cpl Griffith.[1]
Photos and video
Police handout photo of the firearm, ammunition and cannabis products seized at a house on Harris Street, Curepe. Photo: Trinidad and Tobago Police ServicePhoto details
The article gives no calendar date for the operation, only "Friday night"; 31 July 2026, the Friday before its 2 August publication, is used as the incident date.
The weight of the 23 boxes of cannabis-infused vapes and three boxes of cannabis-infused chocolates is not given, so they are not included in the cannabis weight, which covers the 2.6 kilogrammes of compressed cannabis only.
No charges, court appearance or court outcome for the woman was reported; the case was at the investigation stage.
Only the Trinidad Express account, which quotes the TTPS statement, could be opened; the police media release and other outlets' copies were not accessible, so no second source is cited.
The location is identified only as a residence on Harris Street, Curepe, so the map point marks Curepe rather than the exact house.
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.
