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The men were intercepted in a boat off Soldado Rock on Wednesday 3 February 2021. (Image courtesy MAPCARTA) Four men, three Venezuelans and an American, currently are in police custody following their capture by the Coast Guard on Wednesday, this week. The Police Service has confirmed that the men were intercepted by Coast Guard personnel in a boat off Soldado Rock, around 7:30 am, on Wednesday 3rd February 2021. The 44-year-old American, and the three Venezuelans, ages 30 to 48 years, were aboard a boat at sea when they attempted to elude the Coast Guard. The Police Service says upon being h...

Six foreign nationals, who reportedly are from Margarita, Venezuela, are the latest detainees being held by the local authorities for illegal entry into Trinidad. According to official police reports, the six Venezuelans were detained by officers of the South Western Division Task Force during an anti-crime exercise on Thursday 28th January 2021. The Police Service says during the exercise, officers received information regarding persons entering the country illegally.  That information led them to #4 Road, Palo Seco, where they searched a forested area and discovered, and subsequently detai...

Cops raid Woodbrook party, 100 ticketed Monday 25 January 2021 A group of people arrested at a party at One Woodbrook Place early on Monday morning. PHOTO COURTESY TTPS A late-night raid at a nightclub at One Woodbrook Place, St James, on Sunday led to 100 people being detained, including the children of well-known businesspeople, police said. A police media release on Monday reported that members of the Western Division and the Special Operations Response Team (SORT) went to the Residence nightclub after Police Commissioner Gary Griffith was told about a party there. The release said Griffit...

MARK BASSANT At least 75 people were momentarily detained by police officers of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT) and officers of the Western Division Task Force, after officers swooped down on the popular Residence nightclub in One Woodbrook Place just before midnight on Sunday. Senior investigators told Guardian Media that police gained entry into the nightclub by breaking the chain lock to the door of the basement entrance just after 11:35 p.m. The operations were spearheaded by Senior Superintendent Thompson, along with ASP Henry and SORT. Guardian Media arrived on the scene sho...

The compressed marijuana seized by Western Division police during the anti-crime exercise on Tuesday 19 January 2021. (Image: TTPS) A Diego Martin couple was arrested, and a firearm and a quantity of marijuana seized, by officers of the Western Division during an anti-crime exercise conducted in the district around 6 pm yesterday, Tuesday 19th January 2021. During the exercise, officers executed a search warrant at the Roxborough Extension home of a 36-year-old male suspect.  The search resulted in officers finding one Glock pistol loaded with eight rounds of ammunition, along with 1.12 kilo...