THE Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard (TTCG) found seven bags with cocaine and marijuana that were thrown off a boat in the Gulf of Paria on Thursday night and.
Reports indicated that the boat was spotted in the waters of the Gulf of Paria, off the coast of Icacos by
Coast Guard officers who were on marine patrol around 9.05 pm.
As the officers proceeded to intercept the vessel, it changed course and sped off.
The Coast guard gave chase during which the occupants of the vessel started throwing items overboard, before they entered Venezuelan waters and escaped.
The Coast Guard officers recovered a total of seven bags from the water. The bags were taken to Staubles Bay.
Officers of the St James Criminal Investigations Department were contacted and the seven bags were handed over to them.
The bags were found to contain 146 packets of marijuana weighing 102.1 kilogrammes and 75 packets of cocaine weighing 2.7 kilogrammes.
