Tobago police seize $150,000 in marijuana

According to police reports, at about 4 am on Saturday, officers were on surveillance at Bloody Bay Road, Roxborough, when they had cause to stop a car with three occupants, a 34-year-old man of Prince Street, Roxborough, a 31-year-old Venezuelan national, and a 37-yearold man also of Prince Street, who was seated in the back seat. The back seat passenger reportedly got out of the vehicle and began shooting at the officers.

They returned fire but the man escaped through some nearby bushes.

The vehicle was searched, and officers found a plastic bag containing 21 packages of marijuana with a street value of $151,125, together with a quantity of cash.

The other two occupants of the car were arrested. Sometime later, police officers responded to a report of a man seeking medical attention for gunshot wounds at the Scarborough Hospital. According to reports it was the 37 year-old who fled the scene. He is warded at hospital under police guard. ASP Sterling Roberts is continuing investigations