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Three siblings were fined $66,000 after they were found in possession of marijuana and three iguana carcasses.They were given 18 months to pay the fines or serve three years’ hard

Two Toco residents, including a teenager, have been detained after a pistol and a quantity of ammunition were allegedly found in the yard of an abandoned house on Monday.

Jinol Gonzales appeared virtually before a Sangre Grande magistrate on Monday, charged in connection with a report of house breaking and larceny.

Almost one week after two-year-old Umar Ali was reportedly snatched from a relative's home, in Quash Trace, Sangre Grande, he was found in good condition in a forested part of Sangre Grande, about a ten-minute drive from where he was taken. Police said officers of the Eastern Division and members of the Hunters Search and

Police along with Hunters Search and Rescue team scoured the Barker Trace, Coalmine area searching for Umar, on Sunday. Working on information gathered over the past week, the team and Eastern Division Task Force officers searched nearny forested areas, a bog and an abandoned house where the male relative once lived.

A 33-year-old Sangre Grande man was ambushed and gunned down while walking with a friend on Thursday afternoon.

A 17-year-old boy was held on Saturday with a high-powered rifle and a quantity of ammunition by gang intelligence detectives in Sangre Grande.

Police said residents of Ramkissoon Branch Trace, off the Santa Cruz Old Road, heard gunshots at around 8.50 pm and called the police.

SEVEN police officers were re-arrested on Monday, days after five of them were released and two charged, as the Professional Standards Bureau continues its investigation into allegations of extortion by members of the Eastern Division Task Force. On April 20, PC Cleon Smith and Insp Deyal Ramlakhan were charged with corruptly receiving $12,297, which was

Eight police officers who were arrested on Friday by the Professional Standards Bureau in connection with allegations of misconduct are expected to be interviewed by investigators this weekend.