Coast Guard seizes ganja

According to reports at approximately 8.50 pm, a Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard interceptor while on routine patrol intercepted a 28 foot pirogue approximately four kilometres south of Diamond Rock with two occupants on board.

The pirogue, occupants and contents on board were escorted back to Staubles Bay where further searches were conducted.

During the search one crocus bag with 20 packets of a plant like substance was discovered, weighing approximately 10 kilograms with an estimated street value of one hundred thousand two hundred dollars.

The two Trinidadian occupants were detained by the Coast Guard and subsequently handed over to the Organized Crime Narcotics and Firearm Bureau of the Police Service who will be continuing investigations.