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Six illegal Venezuelans held in Siparia File photo. Police detained six illegal Venezuelan immigrants, arrested a man and seized marijuana in separate incidents in the South Western Division on Tuesday. A police media release said Siparia District officers on patrol along the SS Erin Road, Siparia near China Gardens noticed a silver Toyota Corolla at the side of the road. A number of people were getting out of it. They intercepted the group – four men, a woman and a child – and discovered t...

SHOT DEAD BY POLICE: Joel Harracksingh - Family Relatives of Joel Harracksingh want to know what really happened to him, after a man purporting to be a police officer apologised to Harracksingh’s mother, saying they intercepted the wrong car. Harracksingh, 25, from Oxford Street, Port of Spain, was reportedly shot dead by police after an alleged car chase which started around the Queen’s Park Savannah and ended in St Anns on Sunday. Harracksingh’s sister, who did not wish to be named, to...

25 Venezuelans held in Santa Flora after illegal entry Monday 14 December 2020 FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan immigrants, including children, gather themselves after entering Trinidad illegally at Los Iros beach last month. - Lincoln Holder A total of 25 Venezuelans were detained by police on Monday after illegally entering TT in Santa Flora. In a release on Monday, the police said members of the South Western Division Task Force on an anti-crime exercise from Sunday night were told "several illegal im...