Trinidad and Tobago police seizes Cocaine and Marijuana worth $22M

Trinidad and Tobago police on Tuesday seized Cocaine and Marijuana worth more than $22 million from Moruga.

Wednesday, 11th August 2021

Trinidad and Tobago police seizes Cocaine and Marijuana worth $22M

Trinidad and Tobago police on Tuesday seized Cocaine and Marijuana worth more than $22 million from Moruga. The police officials revealed in a press-releases that the discovery was made during an intelligence-led exercise. Police Commissioner Gary Griffth said that the officials operated on their intelligence information and rushed to a bushy area to search off La Lune Road, Moruga. Officials discovered four crocus bags carrying a quantity of brown and black packets, which contained plant material appearing to be Cannabis and another white powder based stuff that resembled Cocaine. Following that, the police searched another area at the La Lune Road along the shoreline and discovered a crocus bag with four brown packets. Police officials said they found Cocaine weighing 46.42 kilos with a market value of over $21,538,880 and Cannabis weighing 78 kilos with a street value of $540,000.

As per the press briefing, the arrests are yet to be made in the case, as there was no sign of any person around the area. This has been one of the biggest discoveries made by the Trinidad and Tobago Police in recent days. Officials are now looking for the drug gangs who could have involvement. Days before, the police seized narcotics worth $64M in Quinam, with the products having logos of "Spade" on them. It is yet not clear whether the new discovery is connected to that one. People had expressed outrage over who the new drug cartel "Spade" is.