Customs finds $1.4m in marijuana and a gun in a Port of Spain bond; one charged
Trinidad and Tobago's Customs and Excise Division found 11 packages of suspected marijuana and a firearm hidden inside a washer and dryer in cargo at a bonded area in Port of Spain on 22 June 2026. One person was arrested and charged under the Customs Act, and the Ministry of Finance put the marijuana's street value at $1.4 million.
Customs and Excise Division officers intercepted a shipment containing marijuana
and a firearm during an intelligence-led operation at a Customs Bonded Area in
Port of Spain on 22 June 2026.[1]The cargo was consigned to a retired Customs
and Excise Guard.[2]
The detailed examination found 11 packages of a green plant-like substance
believed to be marijuana, which the Ministry of Finance estimated had a street
value of $1.4 million.[1]Officers also found a separate package holding a
black metallic object resembling a firearm, concealed inside a washer and dryer.[1]
Officers attached to the Customs Canine Enforcement Unit and Preventive Branch
secured and seized the prohibited items.[1]The Firearms TraffickingInterdiction Unit and Special Investigations Unit of the Trinidad and Tobago
Police Service helped with the investigation.[1]Officers arrested and
formally charged one person in connection with the seizure.[1]The accused was
expected to appear before a Master of the High Court to answer charges under the
Customs Act Chapter 78:01.[1]
The man was due in court on 23 June 2026 after Customs officers found the drugs
and the firearm during an intelligence-led operation at a bonded warehouse in
Port of Spain the previous day.[3]The Ministry of Finance said the seizure
demonstrated the division’s efforts to prevent the importation of prohibited
goods, illegal narcotics and items that threaten national security and public
safety.[1]
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No weight in kilograms or pounds was published for the marijuana; only the package count and the ministry's $1.4 million street value are stated.
The dollar figures are the Ministry of Finance's own street-value estimate; the Guardian writes only "$1.4 million" and the ministry's release says TT dollars.
The ministry described the substance as resembling marijuana; no field-test or laboratory confirmation was reported in the opened accounts.
No court outcome or result of the 23 June 2026 appearance was reported, and no further hearing date was published.
The bonded area is identified only as being in Port of Spain, so the coordinates mark the city rather than the warehouse.
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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.
