Cops arrest 11 in exercises across T&T
Police seized a total of $40,940 worth of marijuana and arrested about 11 people on drug charges in separate incidents this week. Over 30 people were also arrested on various offences, including rape...
View ArticleLa Brea man warded after police shooting
A 30-year-old La Brea man was up to late yesterday warded in critical condition at the San Fernando General Hospital after being shot by police. The man, who underwent emergency surgery, was allegedly...
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Weekend killings take murder toll to 304
Police are investigation three murders, including a decapitation, which occurred between Saturday night and yesterday morning. The head of a man was found by a passerby at the Santa Rosa race track,...
View ArticleTeen shot dead in Chag
Police are describing the death of 17-year-old Ricardo Mohammed, who was shot during an incident with a police constable yesterday morning, as accidental. According to reports, a uniformed police...
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Cop accused of tricking accused
A senior police officer yesterday was accused of committing several legal infractions during an interrogation of a murder suspect in the Vindra Naipaul-Coolman murder probe. The questioning led to an...
View ArticleMalabar teen shot dead
A Malabar teenager was shot dead on Tuesday while liming with friends in the district. Police said around 10.30 pm Tuesday, Stefan Lewis was with friends near his Patrick Pamphille Place Trace,...
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Judge shoots down defence claims
Defence attorneys in the Vindra Naipaul-Coolman murder trial yesterday questioned why an interview with one of the 12 men accused of the crime was not video taped by police. The latest issue, one of...
View ArticleThumb chopped off but Victim begs for attacker
A 47-year-old man who chopped off his cousin’s thumb in an “unwarranted attack” was placed on a two-year bond yesterday after the victim asked that his attacker not be sent to jail. The prisoner, Guy...
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Illegal gun seized in Mayaro
Police recovered an illegal Tech 9 pistol and several rounds of ammunition when they searched a man at Plaisance Road, Mayaro, yesterday. Police were responding to a robbery report around 3 am at...
View ArticleNo bail for teen accused of raping sister
A 15-year-old boy described as uncontrollable was denied bail yesterday on five charges, including sexually assaulting his 13-year-old sister. The teenager, accompanied by his mother, appeared before...
View ArticleSuspects in obeah killing freed by cops
A woman and a teenaged girl who were detained by police following the mysterious death of nine-year-old Abeomi Jeremiah have been released from custody.The teenager, who suffers from a psychotic...
View Article$25,000 bail for engine theft
A 24-year-old man who allegedly stole a $5,000 engine block from contractor Junior Sammy was granted $35,000 bail on Friday. Brandon David opted not to enter a plea to the larceny charge until he gets...
View ArticleGang puts out $20,000 hit on law officers but Griffith offers $100,000 for info
Laventille gang is reportedly offering $20,000 to anyone who kills any soldier or police operating in Laventille. The hit was put out as the gangsters seek reprisal for the killing of reputed gang...
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Drivers’ concerns lead to arrest of drunk trucker
The quick intervention of concerned drivers led to the arrest yesterday of a truck driver for alleged drunk and dangerous driving. According to reports, around 4.20 pm a group of police from the...
View Article14 kilos of cocaine from T&T seized at Canada airport
Canadian law enforcement authorities are investigating the seizure of 14 kilos of cocaine smuggled into that country in luggage from a flight from Trinidad. According to a press release from the Canada...
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Court hears of pooltable’s sale
The pooltable on which businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman was allegedly murdered and dismembered was sold shortly after several of the 12 accused were arrested and released in January 2007. Five...
View ArticleCops arrest residents with evidence as Ganja washes ashore at Icacos
A combined air, land and sea search by various arms of national security was carried out in the sleepy village of Icacos yesterday, after some 38 pounds of marijuana washed up on the beach. South...
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Teen killed in drive-by shooting
The innocent pay for the guilty. This was the reasoning of relatives of 17-year-old Nickosi Trim at the Forensic Science Centre, St James yesterday as they awaited his autopsy results. Trim’s aunt...
View ArticleNo bail for central businessman charged with bribery, illegal guns
A businessman of central Trinidad appeared in court yesterday charged with possession of guns and ammunition and attempting to bribe police officers. Davindranath Maharaj, 45, owner of O&B...
View ArticleWanted man shot in Moruga
A 52-year-old man whom police have been searching for was shot in Moruga yesterday. Police said Clifford Riley, 52, of Laloon Village, was standing in a yard where he was having an argument with two...
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