$14M in ganja up in smoke

According to a release from the Police Service, officers of the Organised Crime, Narcotics and Firearms Bureau, the Air Support Unit and members of the Northern Division Task Force, all under the supervision of Inspector Teewarie conducted the exercise which was carried out at Wharf Trace, Maracas.

Police found a camp-site with 15 kilos of cured marijuana, 14,600 fully grown marijuana trees, approximately 4,000 seedlings, two 600 gallon water tanks and ten plastic barrels.

In an unrelated case, traffic exercises conducted by police in South-Western Division led to the arrest of 16 people who were later charged with driving under the influence.

According to a police release, an exercise was first conducted in San Fernando between 11 pm last Friday and 5 am on Saturday. During that exercise, 65 people were given breathalyser tests. Of those people, 11 were arrested and charged for driving under the influence. The other five were among 30 drivers who were tested during an exercise conducted in Penal. The exercise conducted in San Fernando was co-ordinated and supervised by Cpl Baran and included officers of the San Fernando Traffic Section while the Penal exercise was led by Sgt Gosine and included officers of the DUI task force.

All persons charged appeared in court yesterday