Man, 23, charged after 363.5 g of marijuana and TT$27,492 seized in East Dry River
Officers of Trinidad and Tobago's Inter-Agency Task Force arrested a 23-year-old man on 24 October 2023 after searching his home on Quarry Road in East Dry River, Port of Spain. Police seized 363.5 grams of marijuana and TT$27,492 in cash and charged him with possessing cannabis, while the Financial Investigations Bureau opened inquiries into the money.
🇹🇹 Quarry Road, East Dry River, Port of Spain · Trinidad and Tobago
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Cannabis
363.5 g
Cash confiscated
TTD 27,492
Agencies
Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, Inter-Agency Task Force +1
Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) officers arrested a 23-year-old man at his home
during a warrant exercise on Tuesday, 24 October 2023.[1]Officers arrived
around 4:00 am at the suspect’s residence on Quarry Road in East Dry River, Port
of Spain, to execute a search warrant.[1]According to the Police Service, the
warrant exercise ran between 4:00 am and 6:00 am on 24 October 2023.[2]
When officers searched the premises, they found and seized a quantity of
marijuana weighing 363.5 grams, or about 0.36 kilograms.[1]A Trinidad and
Tobago Police Service (TTPS) statement specified the seized money as an amount
of TT$27,492.00 in Trinidad and Tobago currency.[2]The accused man was
cautioned and conveyed to the Besson Street Police Station along with the seized
items.[2]
He was subsequently charged with possession of cannabis.[1]Officers of the
Financial Investigations Bureau (FIB) are conducting investigations into the
cash that was seized during the warrant exercise.[1]Police said
investigations into the matter were ongoing.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Cannabis
363.5 g
Cash confiscated
TTD 27,492
Agencies
Trinidad and Tobago Police Service; Inter-Agency Task Force; Financial Investigations Bureau
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (363.5 g)
Activity
Possession
Setting
Home
Charge
possession of cannabis
Case stage
Charged
Region
Port of Spain
Sources
IzzSoizzso.comMarijuana and cash seized in East Dry River, man arrested
The arrested 23-year-old man was not named, and no bail decision, court appearance date, plea or sentence was reported.
No official monetary valuation was published for the 363.5 grams of marijuana, and no laboratory confirmation of the substance was reported.
The Financial Investigations Bureau opened inquiries into the seized TT$27,492 in cash, and no outcome or related charge from that inquiry was reported.
Both accounts reproduce the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service statement of 25 October 2023, with no independent reporting available to verify the official account.
The coordinates mark the East Dry River neighbourhood of Port of Spain rather than a specific address on Quarry Road.
Trinidad and Tobago police arrested six people during Operation R.E.S.O.L.U.T.E. Shield sweeps in the Siparia, Santa Flora and Erin districts on 9 September 2026, four of them at a Francis Trace, Santa Flora residence over marijuana possession. A 19-year-old priority offender allegedly had 320 grammes of marijuana.
Police held a 22-year-old man in Moruga on 17 September 2025 for possessing 2.02 kg of marijuana for trafficking, and found another 186.1 g unattended in Basse Terre. Two other men were held in the same joint exercise for drunk driving and a larceny inquiry, while officers issued 20 traffic notices.
Trinidad and Tobago police arrested a Trincity man on 15 August 2025 after they saw him pass two foil packets of cannabis through a gate on Dickson Street, Arouca, during a roving North-Central Division operation. A search found the packets and cash, and he was held at Arouca Police Station for trafficking in cannabis.
Central Division officers searched the home of a 21-year-old man on Southern Main Road, Caroni, and found four packages of marijuana weighing 2.1 kg, which police valued at TT$65,000. The man was arrested and taken with the drugs to the Couva Police Station, where inquiries continued.
