By Sue-Ann Wayow
AN unidentified man has died after being stabbed on Saturday night.
Police reported that around 11.40 pm, officers attached to the Port of Spain Task Force received information from the Port of Spain Operational Command Centre, that a man was being stabbed in the vicinity of Charlotte Street and Duke Street.
The officers responded and upon arrival at the scene, they observed a man fitting the description of the suspect with blood on his hands, in possession of a knife.
The officers arrested the man, took possession of the knife and carried him to the Port of Spain General Hospital to seek medical attention.
A short while later, officers saw a man lying motionless on Charlotte Street in a pool of blood, nursing stab wounds to his chest. The unidentified victim was taken to hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.
The suspect along with the knife was handed over to the Homicide Bureau of Investigations Region 1, who are currently conducting enquiries into the suspected murder.
In a Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) press release on Monday, Acting Commissioner of Police, Mc Donald Jacob commended officers for their quick intervention.
Murder suspects charged
Two men have been charged with a murder that occurred in January.
Hillister Byer, 25, and Aaron Moses, 22, were charged in connection with the death of Dareem Brad Hamilton, 31 whose charred remains were discovered among the burnt ruins of a house at Marjorie Street, La Romaine, San Fernando on January 5.
The men were charged on Friday and are due to appear before a San Fernando Magistrate on Monday after they were both charged with murder and setting fire to a dwelling place which persons were occupying at the time.
High-powered weapons seized
On Friday, police in the Southern Division arrested a 30-year-old man from Ste Madeleine for possession of firearm and possession of ammunition after they seized one .38 revolver with two rounds of .38 ammunition during an anti-crime exercise.
Also on Friday, officers of the Eastern Division found one Walter P99 pistol with a magazine attached. A man from Valencia was arrested in connection with this seizure.
On Saturday, officers of the Western Division arrested a 16-year-old boy from Diego Martin after he was caught in possession of a Mac-11 firearm at Simon Street, Diego Martin. Further enquiries were conducted and when a search warrant was executed at the boy’s home, police also seized an extended magazine.
Police also seized another AR-15 rifle on Saturday, when members of the Central Division Task Force received information pertaining to a man armed with a firearm. The officers proceeded to Main Road, Kelly Village, Caroni, however, while approaching the area, a man with a black bag across his back began running.
The officers pursued the man, however, the suspect escaped, dropping the bag in the process.
The bag was retrieved and one AR-15 rifle fitted with a magazine was seized and conveyed to the Couva Police Station.
And around 2.10 pm on Sunday, officers responded to information that led them to intercept a Mitsubishi panel van along the Eastern Main Road, D’Abadie.
During the search, police seized one AR-15 rifle with a magazine containing 12/5.56 ammunition and a knapsack containing over one kilogramme of marijuana.
One man was arrested in connection with the seizure.
