Illegal Drugs Found at Central Bond

By Sue-Ann Wayow

ILLEGAL pharmaceuticals with a street value of $91,200 have again been found at a Central bond.

The discovery was made on Monday by a Specialist Section of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), the TTPS stated in a release.

The TTPS stated that its specialist section coordinated an operation which included members of the Customs and Excise Division, during which a suspicious shipment was searched and found to contain 285 boxes containing 5,700 bottles of Enterogermina medication. 

The operation on Monday followed extensive intelligence-driven investigations conducted by the Section at a Bond in the Central Division, following information received in November 2022. 

Based on those investigations, the origin of the shipment has since been ascertained. 

The package was located and secured at the Bond and officers of the Section and the Customs and Excise Division awaited the arrival of the consignee, however, no one showed up to claim the package.

A decision was subsequently taken by the authorities to have the package opened and searched  during which the illegal items were discovered, the TTPS stated.

Last December, a large quantity of high-powered firearms, ammunition and component parts as well as illegal medication were also seized at a bond in Central Trinidad following  an ongoing profiling operation at the bond.