Cocaine worth millions of dollars wash ashore in Trinidad
Published:Friday | August 25, 2023 | 11:54 AM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC –The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service said cocaine, estimated at more than TT$21 million, washed ashore in Mayaro earlier this week.
The TTPS said that officers of the Mayaro Criminal Investigations Department (CID), acting on information received, proceeded to a location at Guayaguayare, Mayaro, on Wednesday, where the discovery was made.
It said the “officers observed 36 packets of a white substance resembling that of cocaine. The drug has a total weight of 46 kilogrammes and an estimated street value of TT$21,373,440”.
No one has been detained in connection with the find.
Meanwhile, police said a total of 73,900 illicit cigarettes have been removed from the local market following an operation executed by the Multi-Agency Task Force (MATF) on Wednesday.
It said MATF officials carried out inspections of tobacco products and other goods on sale, for compliance with the Tobacco Control Act, Standards Act and for Health and Safety requirements.
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