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A 39-year-old Diego Martin businessman is in police custody following the seizure of cocaine and cannabis valued at more than TT$20.8 million during a targeted operation in the Western Division on Thursday night.
The joint exercise, conducted between 6 pm and 11:30 pm on August 14, involved officers of the Northern Division Task Force (Area South) and a specialist unit of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS).
Acting on intelligence, police searched a business establishment in the Glencoe district owned by the suspect, where they found quantities of cannabis and cocaine in a locked room. Further searches at his Diego Martin residence uncovered additional drugs.
In total, officers discovered five packets of pure cocaine weighing 5.62 kilogrammes, worth an estimated TT$7,833,830.40, along with 157 packets of Colombian “Creepy” cannabis weighing 118.58 kilogrammes, valued at approximately TT$13,013,799.26.
The operation was coordinated by W/Snr. Supt. Maynard-Wilson, Supt. Etienne, ASP Pitt, and ASP Jones, and spearheaded by Insp. Gadar and Sgt. Persad. Investigations are continuing.
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