Six arrested for gun and marijuana in San Juan, Malick strike-back operation
Police in San Juan and Malick arrested six men for firearm and marijuana-related offences during an Operation Strike Back exercise on 9-10 March 2022, including one 36-year-old man arrested for cultivating marijuana. Four of the men, aged 28 to 46, were held for possession of firearm and ammunition.
🇹🇹 San Juan and Malick · Trinidad and Tobago
Six men were arrested for firearm and drug-related offences during an Operation
Strike Back exercise by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service.[1]Four of the
men, aged 28 to 46, from the San Juan and Malick areas were held for possession
of a firearm and ammunition.[1]A 39-year-old man of 10th Street Malick was
detained on shooting enquiries.[1]A 36-year-old was also arrested for
cultivating marijuana, the TTPS social media page stated on Thursday.[1]
The exercise ran from 10 p.m. on 9 March to 2:30 a.m. on 10 March 2022.[1]Several search warrants were executed, leading to the arrests.[1]
The exercise was led by acting Snr Supt Winston Maharaj, with ASP Pariman, and
included the NED Gang Intelligence Unit, the NED Task Force and the Canine Unit.[1]
No count of marijuana plants, no weight, no value and no figure for any seized cannabis were published in the account.
The account does not say who the marijuana plants belonged to or whether the cultivation arrest was linked to any of the firearm possession arrests.
The account gives no court charges or outcome; only arrests and detentions are recorded.
The two photos on the page are credited only to the TTPS Facebook page, with no caption tying a specific photo to the gun or the marijuana plants, so neither is listed as media.
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.
