Police seize 9 kg of marijuana from abandoned car in Sea Lots
Port of Spain police seized 11 packages of marijuana weighing nine kilograms from a car abandoned at Pioneer Drive, Sea Lots, on the night of 4 March 2021 after a chase; the three men inside ran off. No arrests were reported and police said enquiries were continuing.
🇹🇹 Pioneer Drive, Sea Lots, Port of Spain · Trinidad and Tobago
Police seized 11 packages of marijuana in Sea Lots on Thursday night.[1]The
seizure was made during an anti-crime exercise in the Port of Spain Division
that ran from 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm on Thursday 4 March 2021.[2]Officers from
the Port of Spain Task Force and the Besson Street Police Station chased a
silver Nissan Almera at around 9.35 pm.[1]PC Harrypersad and WPC Lewis tried
to intercept the Nissan Almera, which was occupied by three men.[2]
The car drove to Pioneer Drive, Sea Lots, and the three men inside escaped by
running through nearby dirt tracks.[1]Officers searched the car and found a
crocus bag holding 11 packages of marijuana.[2]The marijuana weighed nine
kilograms.[1]The car was seized and taken to the Besson Street Police
Station.[1]Police said they were continuing enquiries.[1]
The exercise was co-ordinated by ACP Gaffar and led by Snr Supt Nobbee, Supt
Ramnarine and ASP Cumberbatch, with field operations by Insp Knott, Sgt
Alexander and several corporals.[1]A second account of the police statement
named the co-ordinating officer as ACP Yussuf Gaffar and added ASP Maharaj among
the senior officers.[2]
Photos and video
Eleven packages of marijuana with a total weight of nine kilograms that Port of Spain police seized in Sea Lots on the night of 4 March 2021. Photo: Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, courtesy Trinidad and Tobago NewsdayPhoto details
No arrest, charge or court outcome was reported; the three men in the car escaped and police said enquiries were continuing.
No street value was published for the nine kilograms of marijuana, so no value is recorded.
Both accounts reproduce the police service's statement rather than independent reporting; the police service's own social media post on the seizure could not be opened.
The Newsday report gives only 'Thursday night'; the date of 4 March 2021 comes from IzzSo, which places the exercise on Thursday 4 March 2021, the day before both 5 March 2021 publication dates.
The two accounts spell some officers' ranks and names differently (ACP Gaffar or ACP Yussuf Gaffar; Cpls Modeste, Huggins, Mohammed and St Bernard, or Huggins Mohammed and St Bernard), and this report follows each account as published.
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