Suicide suspected

According to reports, Eddison Almandoz went to the St Joseph police station and reported seeing someone jump from a window on the top floor of his neighbour Joseph De Four’s house in North Street at 12.20 am.

When police went to the house they did not see De Four and the house did not appear to be ransacked.

Police returned at 7 am in company with De Four’s neighbour Nelson Hublin. About 50 feet from the house, they came upon De Four body lying face down in bushes.

District Medical Officer Dr Shivonne Ramroop later viewed the body and ordered it removed to the Forensic Science Centre for autopsy. Foul play is not suspected in the man’s death.

In an unrelated incident, investigations are continuing into the discovery by TT Coast Guard officers of over $160,000 in marijuana during a routine patrol at sea on Tuesday night.

According to a TT Coast Guard press release, officers intercepted a 28-foot-long pirogue five nautical miles off the coast of Chacachacare Island, with two occupants on board. While searching the vessel, 24 packets of marijuana were found. Each packet weighed about 13 kilos.

The men were detained by Coast Guard officers and later handed over to the Organized Crime, Narcotics and Firearms Bureau of the TT Police Service.

Charges of possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking have since been laid against the men who appeared yesterday before a Por-tof- Spain magistrate.