EIGHT police officers have been arrested in connection with the probe into the Firearms Section of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS).
A release on Wednesday stated: “The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service is confirming that eight police officers have been detained, relative to the ongoing Firearm User’s License investigation.
“The investigation is currently underway and further information will be shared as it becomes available.”
There have already been charges laid against police officers and civilians in connection to this matter.
Police Constables Lyndon Bishop and Chris Tirbanie along with ASP Aaron Bedeau and Sgt David Swanson have been previously charged. Civilians Dillon Gosine and Mukesh Gosine were also charged.
There have been more than 26 charges laid during the course of the investigation.
In December 2021, National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds announced that a six-member team, comprising former police officers ACP Wellington Virgil, retired ACP Raymond Craig and retired Inspector Lennard Charles would conduct an audit of the firearms, ammunition and aspects of the FULs issued in the past three years.
Before this, retired Appeal Court Judge Stanley John investigated allegations of corruption into the FUL under the purview of the Police Service Commission.
And former police commissioner Gary Griffith has filed an injunction preventing Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley from laying the firearms audit in Parliament.
