2 arrested, cocaine seized

THE SAGA of the multi-million dollar cocaine haul continued Saturday night with police seizing two more kilogrammes of the illicit drug and arresting two Sangre Grande men in connection with the latest seizure. The men, one a 61-year-old gardener and the other a 35-year-old construction worker, are due to appear before a Sangre Grande magistrate tomorrow to answer a charge of possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.They were charged by PC John of the Matura Police Station.

The men were held around 9 pm Saturday while officers under Cpl Worrell and PC John were on routine exercise duty. The officers stopped a vehicle on the Toco Main Road, Matura, and after a search, the Sangre Grande residents were allegedly held with three packets of the drugs. Police sources said the drugs, which were sandy, resembled the large quantity of cocaine that washed ashore along the Manzanilla /Mayaro beach early last week.The men were promptly arrested. Saturday night’s cocaine seizure is the latest in the multi-million dollar cocaine haul, during which four bodies, all men, washed ashore. All four bodies surfaced within days of each other, and senior police officers believe the bodies are linked to the million dollar drug seizure.