$𝟏.𝟔𝐌 𝐈𝐍 ‘𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃’ 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐉𝐔𝐀𝐍𝐀 𝐒𝐄𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐘

Hybrid marijuana worth approximately $1.6 million was seized by officers of a Specialist Unit within the Ministry of National Security and the Customs and Excise Division, at a warehouse in the Point Lisas district on Tuesday.

The drugs which originated from Canada have a total weight of 6.48 Kilogrammes. The seizure is as a result of intelligence-based profiling, in keeping with the mandate of the Unit, with respect to Border Management and Protection.

Through diligent police work, officers identified a package being imported into Trinidad from Canada and coordinated an operation
with officials of the Customs and Excise Division.

The exercise, which was conducted on Tuesday 15th August, 2023, resulted in the seizure of a package which contained two speaker Boxes. Checks of the boxes resulted in a quantity of marijuana with the
markings of different flavors.

Investigations are ongoing into this matter with the assistance of Canadian authorities while the Special Investigations Unit and Customs will continue to pursue local lines of enquiry, with a view to dismantling the importation of illicit drugs and other contraband over our borders.

𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐀 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐒 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐉𝐔𝐀𝐍𝐀 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐔𝐏𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘

A marijuana plantation in the northern province of Aceh was set alight by
Indonesian authorities on Wednesday after it was discovered by drones.

A joint team of the National Narcotic Agency and the National Research and Innovation Agency detected 4.5 hectares (11 acres) of land with an estimated 21,100 cannabis plants ready for harvest using drones. This according to Wayan Sugiri, the deputy for eradication at the National Narcotic Agency. He said more than 150 officers from the police, customs and BNN were deployed to uproot the 20 tons of marijuana for burning.

“This is a form of the government’s firmness against illegal drugs and their circulation,” Sugiri said. The burning was the fifth this year, he said. In March, authorities burned 43 hectares (106 acres) with an estimated 190,000 marijuana plants.

𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃

Three of the four recounts have been completed and the PNM has taken Cocoyea/Tarouba. After the recount, the UNC candidate Shane Samlal received one more vote as the Opposition finished with 1162 votes while the PNM won the electoral district with 1207 votes.

Meanwhile, the UNC took Marabella South/Vistabella. Its candidate Sasha Tricia Ali received one less vote as the UNC totaled 884 votes to the PNM's 873.

Mayaro North was won by the PNM with 741 votes. The PNM candidate Ryan Stewart received one less vote while UNC candidate Kristen Thaddeus Townsand received two less votes. The UNC finished with 720 votes while the PEP had 43.

The EBC says recounts in the remaining eleven electoral districts are on-going.