Teen in court on 12 charges

Kayron Aziz, who police said was arrested in April and is before a Couva court on similar charges, was remanded into custody. He was out on bail. Charges were laid by PC Ali of the Princes Town Police Station. The teenager was not called upon to plead as the charges were laid indictably.

Aziz was charged with three counts of kidnaping, one charge of robbery with violence, two charges of assault with intent to rob, one charge possession of a firearm, one charge of possession of ammunition, one charge of shooting with intent, one charge of discharging a firearm within 40 meters of a roadway, one charge of possession of firearm to endanger life and one charge with possession of ammunition with intent to endanger life.

On August 20, it was reported that PCs Clarence and Ali of the Princes Town Police Station responded to a report of a robbery in progress in Borde Narve Village, Princes Town in which three gunmen had sped off in a blue Subaru Impreza car with three male passengers against their will. Officers intercepted the vehicle along La Paille Road and rescued the three victims. They also recovered two Glock pistols, 37 rounds of .9mm ammunition along two extended and one normal magazine. One of the Glock pistols was fitted with an attachment which they reported enables the weapon to become fully automatic, police said. Aziz will return to court on October 3..