Police seize $83.5 million in Hashish (a potent form of marijuana) in Manzanilla on Old Year’s Day.
A release by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service on Saturday, stated that during 2 pm and 10 pm on Friday an intelligence-led exercise was conducted in Manzanilla. Officers went to a beachfront along the North Manzanilla Road.
Upon arrival, police officers observed a black dingy.
Further checks revealed 44 bags of Hashish inside of the vessel, each containing 12,900 packets each with a weight of 90 grammes, and a combined weight of 1161 kilogrammes.
The find has an estimated street value of $83,582,000.
Acting Senior Superintendent of Police of Eastern Division, Ryan Khan, coordinated the efforts of officers of the Task Force, Criminal Investigations Department, Valencia and Manzanilla Police Post, Special Investigations Unit and the Air Support Unit, led by Insp Ronnie Rampallard.
Khan thanked the officers for “acting swiftly in seizing the highly potent substance and for ensuring that the drugs, which usually cause havoc and violence within communities, are out of the hands of the criminal element who traffic and trade these narcotics.”
