Trio held in police raid

A COMBINED police party comprising members of the Anti Corruption Investigations Bureau (ACIB), Crime Suppression Unit (CSU) and Port-of-Spain Criminal Investigations Depart-ment (CID) arrested three people on Wednesday allegedly with a shotgun and a quantity of ammunition and marijuana.

Acting on a tip off, the police party headed by Supt Wayne Boyd and including Insp Joseph Edwards, Insp Maxime, Interpol officer, Sgt Wendell Williams, acting Sgt Bucchan and Cpl Darwin James raided a house in Cunupia and arrested three people, ages 41, 36 and 24 and seized the items. Police sources said the shotgun was stolen from its owner during a robbery on April 2 in the Central Division. Cpl James subsequently charged the trio with possession of marijuana, possession of a firearm, possession of ammunition and receiving a stolen firearm.