Nine arrested, marijuana seized in three-day Maloney crackdown
Police arrested nine people during a three-day special-operations crackdown in Maloney following a shooting. Officers seized packets of marijuana with canine support and a pistol during searches across 329 apartments in ten buildings.
🇹🇹 Maloney Gardens, Trinidad · Trinidad and Tobago
Police arrested nine people in Maloney between Tuesday and Thursday during a
special-operations crackdown that followed a shooting in the community.[1]Four of those arrested were held in connection with a shooting on Monday after
five searches across 329 apartments in ten buildings, during which a pistol was
also seized.[1]Five more people were arrested on Thursday night on
outstanding warrants, when police with Canine Unit support seized packets of
marijuana.[1]
The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service said officers executed a series of
intelligence-led initiatives aimed at enhancing safety while disrupting criminal
activity.[1]Police issued 181 curfew permits to residents and authorised
people seeking access to the closed area.[1]The release said the closed area
remained secured with officers monitoring all entry and exit points while
soldiers and other units conducted reassurance patrols across the operational
sectors.[1]
Photos and video
An unidentified man taken into custody by two police officers at the Maloney Police Station during the crackdown. Photo: Abraham DiazPhoto details
The article gives no calendar dates for Tuesday to Thursday, so 10 to 12 November 2026 is inferred from the 14 November 2026 publication date and 12 November is used as the incident date.
No weight, packet count or value was published for the seized marijuana.
No names, charges or court outcomes were reported, and it is unclear how many of the nine arrests relate to cannabis.
The whole account rests on a TTPS media release as reported by one outlet, with no second account found after searching.
The pistol is mentioned only to explain the same operation and is excluded from cannabis figures.
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.
