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TTPost claims successes in fighting drug trafficking Monday 10 May 2021 The head office of Trinidad and Tobago Postal Service (TTPOST), Golden Grove Road, Piarco. Photo by Roger Jacob Two weeks after drugs were found hidden in packages at the TT Postal Corporation's (TT Post) National Mail Centre, Piarco, the company says the discoveries marked increased vigilance and co-operation with law enforcement to combat drug trafficking through the postal service. A media release from TT Post on Monday saidt the corporation is aware of attempts to smuggle drugs through legal channels and continues to...

Judge rules: State fails to prove 2012 case, so man acquitted Justice Carla Brown-Antoine. - A TRINIDADIAN who was among four men – two of them Venezuelans – arrested in 2012 after the Coast Guard discovered five guns and a kilogramme of cocaine on board a pirogue, has been acquitted by a High Court judge. On Wednesday, Justice Carla Brown-Antoine held that the State failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Bisham Ramlogan was in possession of five firearms, ammunition and cocaine found on the pirogue Sham on November 27, 2012. In a written decision following a judge-only trial, Brow...

Cocaine in prunes intercepted at TTPost in Piarco 3 Hrs Ago The head office of Trinidad and Tobago Postal Service (TTPOST), Golden Grove Road, Piarco. - Photo by Roger Jacob Vigilant staff at TTPost in Piarco alerted the Customs officer on duty on Wednesday after becoming suspicious of a package of prunes destined for the United States. The officer dissected the package and saw what appeared to be cocaine coming from one of the prunes, which was examined. Officers from the Preventive Branch of the Customs and Excise Division were called in and the package was seized. A senior official at TTPo...

The Customs and Excise Division received another show of support from longstanding allies the UK Border Patrol Tuesday morning. Comptroller of Customs Raju Bod

Concern as cops find more guns, ammo this time in Couva 4 Hrs Ago SEIZED: Some of the arms and ammunition seized on Monday from a warehouse in Couva. Photo courtesy TTPS - JUST four days after seizing a large cache of arms and ammunition at the Piarco International Airport bond, police raided a warehouse in Couva on Monday and made a similar find. It included over 1,600 rounds of assorted ammunition, five guns, including an assault rifle with sniper scope, several magazines and gun accessories. A police release on Tuesday said that at 9 pm on Sunday, Special Investigations Unit (SIU) officer...