Trinidad Top Cop Under Fire for Saying Mosquitoes Kept Officers From Drug Arrests

Trinidad Top Cop under fire for saying mosquitoes kept officers from drug arrests

(Trinidad Guardian) Former T&T Defence Force Lieutenant Commander Norman Dindial is blasting Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro for failing to make any arrests in two multi-million-dollar drug busts over a span of 24 hours. The article Trinidad Top Cop under fire for saying mosquitoes kept officers from drug arrests appeared first on Stabroek News.

‘Easier to take marijuana to destroy later’

“THE simplest thing to do would be to take the marijuana and remove it and later destroy it,” Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro said yesterday as he explained why there were no arrests following Thursday’s $171.3 million drug bust in Caroni.

PM, top cop after 2.2 tonnes of ‘creepy marijuana’ seized in 24 hours: Drug hauls save lives - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

TWO major marijuana seizures within 24 hours, totalling 2.2 tonnes and valued at an estimated $227 million, are being hailed by top government and national security officials as life-saving successes and evidence that the controversial radar technology in Tobago is paying off. On December 11, police and other law enforcement officers seized 1,560 kilogrammes of "creepy marijuana," valued at $171 million, at the Caroni Swamp. Within hours, the of…