One held as 937 kg of Colombian cannabis is seized at Felicity marina
Police arrested one man after finding crocus bags of high-grade Colombian cannabis in the tray of a pick-up parked between boats at Riverside Marina, Cacandee Road, Felicity, on 20 February 2026. Police estimate the 937.66 kilograms seized at TT$102,942,686.
🇹🇹 Riverside Marina, Cacandee Road, Felicity · Trinidad and Tobago
Police arrested one man after officers found several multi-coloured crocus bags
packed in the tray of a white Kia K2700 parked between two moored vessels at
Riverside Marina, Cacandee Road, Felicity, around 2 pm on Friday 20 February
2026.[1]The Guardian reported that police acted on a tip from a confidential
informant and arrested one man over the find.[1]
The bags held high-grade Colombian cannabis, known in Trinidad as “creepy”, and
the Guardian said the weight and value were yet to be determined.[1]A police
release reported by the Trinidad Express put the load at 937.66 kilogrammes of
high-grade Colombian cannabis with an estimated street value of $102,942,686.[2]The release said the operation at the marina was carried out by the Central
Division Gang Unit, Criminal Investigations Department, Crime Scene Unit and
Task Force, led by ACP Anthony Remy, coordinated by Senior Superintendent
Rudolph Bhagwandeen and supervised by ASP Mark Hernandez.[2]
TTT News rounded the load to just over 900 kilogrammes of cannabis worth TT$102
million and said one male suspect was arrested in connection with the find.[3]According to police, the Guardian reported, the drugs had recently entered
Trinidad and Tobago and were offloaded at Riverside Marina, Cacandee Road,
Felicity.[1]The Express reported that the suspect, a 36-year-old from
Freeport, was detained for questioning.[4]
A senior police source told the Express that investigators were exploring a
possible South American criminal network’s involvement and the role of local
businesses suspected of laundering money to pay cartels in US currency.[4]A
second senior police source said investigators were working to establish the
shipment’s intended destination and to identify all those involved in the
trafficking operation.[4]No charge or court appearance for the arrested man
was reported in these accounts.[2]
Photos and video
Crocus bags of cannabis seized from the pick-up at Cacandee Road, Felicity, in the police handout the Guardian published. Photo: TTPS handoutPhoto details
The Guardian says the weight and value were yet to be determined when it published on 21 February; the figures come from a police release as reported by the Trinidad Express.
The police release gives 937.66 kilogrammes and TT$102,942,686, while TTT News reports just over 900 kilogrammes and TT$102 million; the precise police figures are used.
The Guardian names the Central Division Gang and Intelligence Unit and the CID Operations Unit, while the Express quotes a release naming the Central Division Gang Unit, Criminal Investigations Department, Crime Scene Unit and Task Force.
The suspect's age and home town of Freeport come from an unnamed senior police source quoted by the Express, not from a formal police statement; no charge, plea or court outcome was reported.
The value is the police estimate of street value, not a confirmed sale price.
The December 2025 Caroni Swamp and Point Fortin seizures mentioned in the Guardian are separate events with their own reports and are not covered here.
The photograph is a police handout republished by the Guardian; no independent image of the marina scene was found.
Left out activity, as its quotation was not found in Trinidad Express.
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.
