Eastern Division Task Force News Today

GUNMEN in uniforms resembling police tactical wear shot and killed four gardeners in a camp in Mayaro in the early hours of Monday.

Police are searching for a 24-year-old man who dropped a firearm during Tuesday’s protests over a police-related killing in North Eastern Settlement in Sangre Grande.

NORTH EASTERN Settlement, Sangre Grande, was blocked for more than two hours yesterday as angry residents burned rubbish to protest the shooting death of a contractor by police.

A man who allegedly stole music equipment from a church and hairweave and eyelashes from a salon on Friday, was arrested by police officers.

A 20-year-old man was fined $15,000 after he entered a guilty plea to the charge of possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.

A teenager, charged after the owner of a car allegedly saw his vehicle being driven away as he stood in the porch of his Sangre Grande home, has been granted

An 18-year-old was arrested with an alleged stolen vehicle after the owner told police that, while standing in his porch, he saw his car being driven away.

Three stolen vehicles, one stripped of several parts, were recovered by the police over a 48-hour period.

A Mayaro man was shot and killed in the garage of his home on Thursday night.

Three men were arrested after the discovery of a shotgun with seven 12-gauge cartridges at a house in Mayaro.