1,350 cannabis trees and 22.7 kg of dried cannabis destroyed in Toco
Officers of the Special Investigations Unit destroyed 1,350 fully grown cannabis trees, 22.7 kg of dried cannabis and a drying rack at a camp on 0.051 hectares in the Toco district on 26 September 2024. Police put the street value at TT$1,577,000.
Officers of the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) held a cannabis eradication exercise in the
Toco district on Thursday 26 September 2024, according to the Trinidad and Tobago Police
Service (TTPS).[1]Officers of the Coastal and Air Support Unit supervised by Insp. Ronnie
Rampallard, the SIU Training Team and other specialist sections supported the exercise.[1]
The team found a camp on 0.051 hectares of land holding 1,350 fully grown cannabis trees,
22.7 kilos of dried cannabis and a drying rack, and destroyed them.[1]Police put the total
street value of the destroyed drugs at TT$1,577,000 and said investigations were
continuing.[1]
The account names no arrests.
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Police destroyed more than 8,500 cannabis plants in seven fields in La Lune Forest, Moruga, and valued them at TT$8.55 million. Officers also destroyed drying equipment and disarmed two trap guns found during the operation.
Trinidad and Tobago police destroyed approximately 200 cannabis plants in a clearing off Salandy Street, Diego Martin, on 4 January 2026 during Operation Trident. Officers reached the site on foot, uprooted the plants and burned them.
Police destroyed about 250 fully grown cannabis plants valued at an estimated $125,000 in a forested area off Northside Road, Castara, during a 6-8 am eradication operation on 31 July 2025. Officers also destroyed a makeshift camp and drying rack at the site; no arrests were reported.
Police and soldiers destroyed about 626 cannabis trees and 1,500 grammes of dried marijuana in a forest near the Springs of Castara, Tobago, on 11 July 2025. Police valued the haul at TT$5,012,800 and gave no report of arrests.
