Cutlass named ‘Beyonce’



By CECILY ASSON Saturday, August 27 2011 source



BRIAN Harricharan, 32, one of three men who were allegedly beaten by soldiers near their Claxton Bay home on Thursday morning, remained warded yesterday at the San Fernando General Hospital.

During a visit to the Forres Park, Claxton Bay area yesterday, where the families of the beaten men live, relatives claimed the soldiers terrorised them.

A cutlass, nicknamed “Beyonce” (after American pop singing star Beyonce Knowles) was allegedly placed at the neck of the wife of one of the beaten men by the soldiers one of whom asked if the family wanted to hear “Beyonce” sing. The woman who gave her name only as “Crystal” also claimed that the soldiers asked her two-year-old daughter, “where daddy does keep his gun?”

Brian Harricharan, his brother Dwayne, 25, and their friend Sheldon Best, 40, were allegedly beaten by the soldiers who stormed the homes of the brothers during the early hours of Thursday morning in search of drugs and guns. Dwayne and Best were treated and subsequently discharged from hospital the same day. The incident was witnessed by close relatives of the men including Harricharan’s mother Surujdaye who said she kept praying for her children’s lives as they were being beaten.

Yesterday the distraught relatives were still trying to come to terms with the incident.

Speaking to Newsday yesterday, Dwayne recalled, “I am not in anything illegal. I am a diesel mechanic and I work honestly. They came when I was sleeping with my wife and children.

“Just so they started brutalising me,” he said. Dwayne said that after he and his brother and their friend were handcuffed, beaten and kicked by angry soldiers, they were each given a bath and made to put back on their clothes.

The families are demanding an investigation be carried out into the incident. “We demand that justice be done,” a relative said.

The relatives said they were warned about going to the media. “The soldiers warned that they would return for us if we went to the media,” Dwayne said. Best who also spoke to Newsday said he too was in pain.

“They tied our hands with tie straps and said they will kill us. When I started to bawl to attract attention, they told me they would kill us,” he said. Crystal said she later called the police. Best said the beating only stopped at about 5.30 am when police officers arrived on the scene.

A report was made to the St Margaret’s Police Station following the incident on Thursday.

Yesterday police officers visited Dwayne at his home and recorded a statement from him.

Ramlogan: Gangs offering $10,000 to take licks



By Joel Julien



Story Created: Aug 27, 2011 at 12:53 AM ECT
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GANGS are engaged in a public relations ploy to garner sympathy from citizens and prevent law enforcement officials from infiltrating their illegal organisations, Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has said.

Individuals are being offered as much as $10,000 to be beaten by gangsters and blame their bruises on brutality by law enforcement officials, Ramlogan said.

A public relations agency was offered $100,000 to help enhance the image of a gang, he said.

Ramlogan made the statements in response to claims by three Claxton Bay men that they were beaten by soldiers.

Brothers Brian, 32, and Dwayne, 25, Harricharan and Sheldon Best, 40, claimed they were stripped naked and beaten by soldiers in search of a suspected gang leader during an exercise in Claxton Bay.

Chief of Defence Staff Brigadier Kenrick Maharaj said an investigation was launched into the incident and there was no findings of wrongdoing on the part of the soldiers.

A gang leader under surveillance for the last two months is believed to be hiding in the area, Maharaj said.

Maharaj and Ramlogan spoke yesterday during the daily news briefing to give updates to the media and the public on the State of Emergency and curfew restrictions which are in effect.

"Our soldiers, sailors and airmen are operating under very strict guidelines to ensure that they adhere to the highest standard of military conduct and professionalism in all of these operations and one component of the guideline speaks to humane treatment with civilians in all of these operations," Maharaj said.

"So I just want to give the national community the assurance that we will continue to engage in a professional manner. If any report is substantiated it will be dealt with in accordance with the uniform code of military justice and treated expeditiously," he said.
Ramlogan said in response to the dent being made by law enforcement during the state of emergency, gangs opted to gain sympathy from law abiding citizens in an attempt to thwart further action by law enforcement.

"Let us not be railroaded by this kind of trickery taking place. It is too convenient and it is popping up as a well timed well orchestrated and well managed affair," Ramlogan said.

"I have been receiving reports that there are people who are going about actually asking individuals in their communities whether they would take a little lash with a welt on their back because television cameras coming and you have to say the police do it or the soldiers do it," Ramlogan said.

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17 Chinese, 5 Guyanese held in police exercise



By NALINEE SEELAL Friday, September 2 2011 http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,146594.html



SEVENTEEN Chinese and five Guyanese nationals along with a Public Transportation Services Corporation (PTSC) security guard and a man wanted on an outstanding warrant, were arrested during an early morning exercise along the Beetham Highway yesterday.

According to reports, between 5 am and 8 am, a party of officers led by ASP Stephen Grant and Insp Sahadeo Singh carried out a roadblock exercise along both the east and west-bound lanes of the Beetham Highway, where they stopped and searched several vehicles.

In one vehicle, officers detained five Guyanese nationals who were later found to have overstayed their visit in this country, while in two other vehicles, a total of 17 Chinese nationals were also detained.

They were handed over to Immigration authorities and are expected to be sent to the Aripo Detention Centre where arrangements will be made to have them sent back to their countries.

Also in the exercise, officers detained a 30-year-old security guard from Carapichaima, whose car was searched and a quantity of boots, monitors and DVD players were seized.

The guard allegedly admitted that he stole the items from storage at the PTSC compound in Port-of-Spain. Another man was held on an outstanding warrant.

During the same exercise, 49 tickets were issued to motorists travelling along the Beetham Highway.

Up to late yesterday, the PTSC security guard was being quizzed by police officers, and arrangements were being made to have his home searched for other stolen items.

He is expected to be charged today and will appear before a Port-of-Spain magistrate. The exercise formed part of the anti-crime initiative under the state of emergency.

Robocop 'deeply hurt' by arrest



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SELWYN "ROBOCOP" ALEXIS said yesterday he was "deeply hurt" by his recent arrest on suspicion of murder, being involved in gang-related activities and possession of a stolen vehicle.

Through his attorney Joseph Honore, Alexis said he was being treated unfairly by both the police and the media because the publicity his arrest had generated.

Honore told the Express yesterday that his client believed he needed to tell his side of the story since it appeared as though members of the public had already found him guilty of the alleged offences.

Alexis was arrested by Port of Spain Criminal Intelligence Unit (CIU) officers on Tuesday night in an apartment at the luxurious One Woodbrook Place, Woodbrook.

Police said they had Alexis under surveillance for several months but within the past two weeks they had intensified their investigations which led them to the luxurious high-rise apartment complex.

Investigators said Alexis was wanted in connection with the 2008 murder of Vincent Emmanuel Simmons in Chaguanas and for his alleged gang affiliations. Officers said they also found a stolen vehicle with false number plates and photographs of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Attorney General Anand Ramlogan in Alexis's apartment with "X" over their faces. Photographs of their homes were also found, police said.

Those photographs, police said, led them to believe that both the PM's and AG's lives may be in danger.

However, Honore said yesterday that his client was a strong supporter of the People's Partnership Government and its recent decision to implement a State of Emergency to deal with the out-of-control crime situation in the country.

"What he has told me is that nothing could have been further from the truth. My client campaigned for the United National Congress (UNC) in the last election. He supports this Government. Why would he want to hurt either the Prime Minister or the AG? What he told me is that he has newspapers in the apartment which of course would have photos of the two of them, but there was nothing like their faces being 'X-ed' off. Nothing could be further from the truth. He said he knew the police had their jobs to do, but they needed to do it in the right way," said Honore.

The attorney stated that Alexis had informed him that because of the "harassment" from the police he and his family had to endure in Enterprise, Chaguanas where they lived, he decided to rent an apartment at One Woodbrook Place "for a while to get a feel of it" after which he would have purchased it for his family "with the hope that the police would not come into that area and interfere with them. He was there for four months.

"...Some time ago his two-year-old daughter was shot through the chest in Chaguanas. His son was being constantly harassed. Last month his son was robbed so he wanted his family out of that area. Now with his face being plastered across the media with these type of allegations he would not be considered a buyer. No one should be discriminated against like that," said Honore.

Asked if media reports were correct that Alexis had been renting the apartment for $15,000 per month, Honore said, "Yes...well the only thing he told me in connection with that is that he rented it from an agent and he wanted to purchase it for his family, so I cannot confirm that."

The Express understands that the apartment was rented by a "Selwyn Penco" from a retired couple, Mr and Mrs Sammy, of South Trinidad.

The couple, sources said, bought the apartment but never occupied it and used to rent it to companies. They were reportedly unaware that Alexis was the tenant.

Honore stated that the publication of his client's image in the media would also impact negatively on him if identification parades were to be conducted in connection with the murder for which the police said he is wanted.

In relation to the car police said was stolen, Honore said Alexis had a receipt to prove that he had purchased the vehicle. "It is not transferred as yet, but he paid cash for it. The legal owner is the person whose name it is registered on in Licensing Office, but my client is also the beneficial owner because he paid cash," he said.

"What he would like to tell the country is that even though he cannot deny that he was involved in criminal activities in the past, this has now changed and he want people to stop seeing him as Robocop the criminal and start seeing him as Robocop the businessman," Honore said.

—With reporting by Mark Bassant

Robocop, through the years


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Over the past decade, Selwyn "Robocop" Alexis has been in and out of prison charged with various offences including kidnapping, extortion, and perverting the course of public justice. However, most of those matters were dismissed.

Following are some of those cases:

May 2002

Charge: Extortion. Case dismissed against him by a Chaguanas magistrate after the alleged victim, Deonanan Ramdial, said he did not know Alexis. He was charged by a member of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad (AKS) with demanding $5,000 from Ramdial by threats and menaces between May 11 and May 25, 2002.

September 2003

A San Fernando Magistrate freed Alexis of the February 23 kidnapping of San Fernando businessman Sarran Kissoondan, after the State's main witness, Kevin Richards, was found in a Longdenville pond wrapped in a black
garbage bag and weighted down with rocks.

November 2007

A nine-member jury found Alexis and three other men not guilty of kidnapping Sangre Grande jeweller Henry Francis in 2002 after the State witness refused to give evidence.

June 2008

Alexis, Kevon Nurse, Justice of the Peace Stephen Young and van driver Kenneth Martin were all committed to stand trial at the High Court for attempting to pervert the course of public justice. They were charged with attempting to deter John from giving evidence in the kidnapping of Francis during the period April 24 and September 27, 2007.

July 2009

Alexis and two other men charged with kidnapping Imtiaz Khan, an employee of Ghany Distribution and Marketing Ltd at Industrial Lane, Champ Fleurs. They were also charged with armed robbery, being in possession of a stolen seven-tonne truck valued at $575,000, and $2.6 million worth of cigarettes, which also belonged to Ghany Distribution and Marketing Ltd.

In March 2010 all three were found not guilty by Magistrate Ramraj Harripersad in the Tunapuna Court after defence attorney Wayne Sturge argued that the officer who laid the charges admitted under cross-examination that he did not have enough evidence to charge the men and that he only did so based on orders from his seniors.

Sept 2010

Alexis was ordered to pay a $800 fine and compensation of $2000 by Magistrate Avason Quinlan in the Chaguanas Third Court after Alexis was found guilty of assaulting PCs Nigel Duncan, Andy Mohammed, Kevin Richards and Bijay Gangaram on September 8, 2008 in the execution of their duty.

November 2010

Alexis and his wife Bernadette Alexis are charged with receiving four arc welders between September 14 and November 9, 2010 valued at $8,800 knowing them to be stolen. The matter is still on-going before a Chaguanas Magistrate.


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Trini woman murdered during weekend getaway in Tobago



By Elizabeth Williams and Innis Francis



Story Created: Sep 7, 2011 at 11:49 PM ECT
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A Trinidad woman, seduced into going on a weekend vacation trip to Tobago, was found dead on Tuesday strangled and beaten at a guest house in Bacolet.

The body of Felicia Samsundar, 22, of Hermitage Village, Macaulay, south Trinidad, was found in bed, with her face battered and bloodied, and with an electrical cord and towel around her neck. One eye appeared to be punctured.

It was the third killing in Tobago this year.

Police have detained a 30-year-old suspect from Chaguanas, who was found drinking at a bar at Mount St George, Tobago.

Samsundar, who was not married and had no children, was a safety officer employed with a company on the Point Lisas Industrial Estate.

She lived with her parents, Sulthan Mohammed and Davica Samsundar, and two younger siblings.

At the family home yesterday, Davica Samsundar said her daughter went with the man to Harry's Water Park last Friday, and the following day was taken shopping for clothing at Trincity Mall.

"Later that day, my daughter and the man parked their vehicle at the Piarco airport and went to Tobago," she said.

The mother said she kept in touch with Samsundar by cellphone.

"My daughter told me she was forced to go to Tobago. She wanted to come home Friday and sleep. But he asked her to sleep over at his house. I didn't think he was a bad boy. He used to come home and spend time," she said.

The guest house where Samsundar was found is about 200 metres away from the home of Peter and Murium Green, who were chopped multiple times in August 2009.

Police were told that Samsundar and a man checked into the guest house, belonging to Shirvey and Majorie James.

The couple were supposed to spend one day, but extended the stay.

On Tuesday afternoon, the couple were heard arguing. Police suspect the argument was sparked because Samsundar was in contact with an ex-boyfriend. The man left the residence around 3 p.m. and told the owners he would return, and that he had left Samsundar sleeping.

No movement was detected in the room that night, but a television was switched on, with the volume turned up.

Around 7 p.m., Majorie James said she called out to Samsundar and when there was no answer, neighbours helped the owners get into the room.

They found the woman with a sheet covering her pelvic area and a towel around her neck. Police officials were contacted.

Among evidence taken from the room was a bottle containing a liquid used to kill termites.

Inspector Garfield Moore, Sergeant Rohdill Kirk, ASP Williams Nurse, acting Inspector Ucef Alexander and Corporal Cameile Ramsey are investigating the incident.

ARMS AMMO



By NALINEE SEELAL Friday, September 9 2011



FIFTEEN high powered guns and more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition were dug up two miles into a forested area at Rincon Road, Las Cuevas yesterday by police and soldiers. The illegal firearms, some capable of spraying upwards of 1,000 rounds of ammunition in one minute, were seized by heavily armed police and soldiers who trekked two miles into the forested area at Las Cuevas.

In addition to the firearms, an assortment of ammunition which police said numbered more than 10,000 rounds of various calibres, drugs, bulletproof vests and ski masks were seized in what has been described as the largest cache of arms seized in one operation since the start of the state of emergency 18 days ago.

The cache of arms, ammunition and other items were taken to the Blanchisseuse Police Station by the officers and will be sent to the Forensic Science Centre where ballistic experts will carry out certain tests to ascertain where the guns originated and if they were used in any criminal activities in this country.

Police officers who took part in the massive exercise, accompanied by members of the Defence Force, told Newsday that acting on information from informants they armed themselves with metal detectors and trekked two miles into the lush forest off Rincon Road, Las Cuevas, under the cover of darkness at about 5 am.

Officers said they initially thought that they were coming upon marijuana fields when they saw strange plastic wrappings and other items in the rough hillside terrain which aroused their suspicions. On the trek, they crossed two rivers, battled swarms of mosquitoes and slipped and fell as they made their way through the darkness until they came upon an area of the forest where the canopy of trees blocked out the sky, and scuff markings on the forest floor indicated that the area had been visited recently by persons.

Officers used metal detectors and after some minutes of scanning the ground, began digging the forest floor with forks and shovels. They later found the weapons and other items concealed in plastic and crocus bags.

A senior officer who was part of the exercise said, based on the rusty condition of some of the guns, they believe some of the weapons were buried a long time ago while other weapons concealed underground appeared to be new and possibly buried at the start of the state of emergency.

Officers added that based on the find, they took a decision to carry out searches in other parts of the Las Cuevas forest yesterday for more arms, ammunition, drugs and other illegal items.

Officers pointed out they have been told that the items could be traced to gang members who are now on the run and whose leader was recently arrested by the police under the anti-gang legislation.

The man’s Las Cuevas home was subjected to several searches by soldiers and the area outside his home dug up for arms and ammunition. Officers who took part in yesterday’s exercise included North Eastern Division second-in-command Superintendent John Daniel and officers Sgt Stephen Dowrich, Cpls Emmanuel, Stanisclaus and PCS Hosaney, Morris and Ramcharran.

Following the searches, the items discovered buried included:

* two (2) SLR (self-loading rifles — of the type used by both the TT Police and TT Regiment);

* four (4) pump-action shotguns;

* one (1) 0.25 rifle;

* three (3) 303 sniper rifles:

* one (1) mini uzi machine gun

* one (1) uzi machine gun;

* one (1) Intra Tec Nine machine-pistol;

* one (1) nine-millimetre sub-machine gun; and

* one flare gun.

The weapons were wrapped in plastic and the ammunition was in bags. More than 10,000 rounds of ammunition of various calibres including 9 mm, 5.56, 12 gauge (for shotguns), .22 and .45 were seized.

The officers also found two bulletproof vests, several ski masks and a kilo of compressed marijuana. The gun find brings to 85 the number of illegal weapons found by police and soldiers during the state of emergency. Yesterday, a ballistic expert told Newsday that this latest cache of arms could be traced to countries such as Venezuela and Colombia important locales in the billion-dollar cocaine trade.

He believes that the weapons may have been brought into this country illegally through the North Coast and may have been purchased for use by local narco traffickers and gangsters.

Some of the weapons are similar to those found on the persons of those involved in the 1990 attempted coup.

Yesterday, Deputy Commissioner of Police Mervyn Richardson commended the efforts of the police and soldiers who took part in the exercise and added that it was their keen sense of observation which resulted in the cache of arms, ammunition and other illegal items being found.

He said that officers risked their lives, trekked for several miles in rough hilly terrain in their quest to crackdown on illegal firearms and ammunition. Richardson said he believes that there was an element of divine intervention which led to the officers locating the cache of arms and ammunition.

DCP Richardson said since the start of the state of emergency, police and soldiers have proven that they belong to disciplined organisations and continue to put the country before self.

Also yesterday, Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs was briefed on the seizure and also praised the men.

Newsday understands that officers were assisted yesterday in the exercise by officers of the Special Anti-Crime Unit who used Viper 1 in the operations.

Yesterday, residents of Las Cuevas who were informed of the seizure of the items expressed surprise over the find but added that for several years a certain gang led by a notorious gangster who was recently arrested and charged under the Anti-Gang Act had taken control of the fishing villages and was believed to be heavily involved in the trade of drugs and guns along the North Coast.

They added that since the start of the state of emergency the gang members went into hiding and the village has returned to its original tranquil state with little or no criminal activities taking place.

Villagers said the only problem they have had since the start of the state of emergency was some form of aggression displayed to them by soldiers but they welcomed any move to rid the country of illegal arms, ammunition and drugs to make Trinidad and Tobago a safe society where their children and families can feel a sense of peace.

Sources revealed that at yesterday’s Cabinet briefing Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was informed of the seizure, in her capacity as the chair of the National Security Council, and she praised the efforts of the police and soldiers.

This major find comes less than a day after Customs Officers based at Piarco International Airport went to TTPost’s major distribution centre in Piarco and seized five high powered assault rifles in a container of motorcycle parts which originated from Thailand. The assault rifles are similar to the ones used by the Thai National Army.

Yesterday, Comptroller of Customs and Excise Fitzroy John said the issue surrounding the seizure of the Thai assault rifles is currently under investigation. An official of TTpost who did not wish to be identified said it has been suspected for many years that persons have been involved in smuggling guns and other items into this country but the investigation is at a sensitive stage right now and more details will be divulged shortly.

Newsday understands that local Interpol agents have contacted their counterparts in Thailand to solicit information on where in Thailand the rifles may have originated and the serial numbers of the weapons were sent in an effort to trace the weapons.

The guns were supposed to be picked up by a businessman whose home was searched for illegal items but nothing was found.


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Trawlers seized in diesel racket



Published: Wed, 2011-10-05 23:10 Picture & Source



Curtis Williams


Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine, left, stoops to take a closer look as Coast Guard Commander Hiram Mohammed explains the reconfiguration of the hull of the trawler used to sell diesel illegally on the high seas. The boat was one of two seized by the Coast Guard as investigations continue into the illegal trade.

Coast Guard officers have impounded two fishing trawlers, with more than 100,000 gallons of diesel fuel, believed to be taking part in a racket in which the fuel is bought at subsidised prices and traded on the high seas for near market value. According to Public Relations Officer of the T&T Coast Guard, Lieutenant Kirk Jean-Baptiste, the vessels were intercepted last Thursday morning when a Coast Guard’s fast patrol craft was on routine patrol in the Gulf of Paria.

The vessels were observed to be “low” in the water as if they were carrying excess weight. Jean-Baptiste said they were boarded and the crew questioned. It was discovered that of the seven members of the two crews, four were not nationals of T&T and were in T&T illegally.

In addition, the crew in the trawlers had no bait and there was a strong smell of fuel.

Investigations by the T&T Guardian have revealed the men are Guyana nationals and have since been handed over to the Immigration Department. The vessels were taken to Coast Guard headquarters, Staubles Bay, where they remained impounded while investigations are continuing. Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine, Coast Guard Commander Hiram Mohammed and the head of the Customs and Excise Department Fitzroy John later toured the vessels. John said the seizure was part of a stepped-up effort to deal with the illegal resale of diesel fuel. He said there were already people who were before the courts charged with the offence.


He added: “This is an ongoing battle. We have increased the fight as the Government has indicated the loss could be as high as $1.5 billion.”

Officers from Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (Cariri) also were called in to take samples of the fuel to confirm it was diesel and to ensure a case could be built to be taken to court. Following the tour of the vessels, the Ramnarine said it appeared the trawlers had been specially configured to carry the diesel.

He added: “It appears to me that they would have had to do a lot of work to ensure that the vessels were configured this way and I am sure that will be part of the investigations.” The minister said his ministry had taken both administrative measures to reduce the leakage of diesel subsidies from the system and he was particularly happy with the Coast Guard taking action and intercepting the vessels.

Ramnarine added: “The issue of the fuel subsidy is very important to this Government because, as you know, the subsidy is well over $4 billion this year and it is costing the country a lot of money and so we have put in place administrative measures to deal with the issue.” Ramnarine did not elaborate on the administrative issues but the T&T Guardian has learnt that in studying the problem the ministry found that almost the same amount of diesel was being sold as is gasoline and in so doing it recognised there had to be a major discrepancy. Investigations also showed there were some fishing vessels buying more diesel than they could possible use for fishing. Ramanarine promised the crackdown would continue to end the racket.

Third curfew rape in Longdenville



By Rickie Ramdass



Story Created: Oct 9, 2011 at 9:49 PM ECT
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A 24-YEAR-OLD Guyanese woman was raped by a lone intruder who forced his way into her Cunupia home during the early hours of yesterday morning.

After raping her, the man escaped with a quantity of cash, jewelry, the woman's cellular phone and other valuables police said.

Investigators said at around 3 a.m., the woman was asleep at her Longdenville Old Road, Cunupia home when the intruder entered. After hearing noises in the house, police said the woman awoke to find her attacker standing over her before pinning her to the bed, removing her clothes and sexually assaulting her.

She was the sole occupant in the house at the time, police said. Up to press time last night, officers were still in search of the suspect but investigators said an arrest is imminent.

The latest attack is reminiscent of another incident in the Central area two weeks ago in which a 49-year-old woman and her 17-year-old daughter were gang-raped by four men while asleep at their Penco Street, Longdenville home. Three suspects have since been arrested, charged and are currently before the court .

The area in which the incidents occurred are currently not under the 11 p.m., to 4 a.m.

curfew restrictions, but following the double rape of mother and daughter, residents had called for its implementation.

An investigator close to the most recent case stated that he believed criminals from other areas that were under the curfew restrictions are leaving those areas and venturing into other parts of the country, in order to carry out criminal activities.

"Those criminals leaving certain areas and coming into other areas with no curfew and doing their illegal activities.

"When there is no curfew in certain areas and people roaming the street all hours of the night what are we to do? Tell them to go home? We cannot do that," said the officer.

Central Division detectives are probing the latest incident.



A 24-YEAR-OLD Guyanese woman was raped by a lone intruder who forced his way into her Cunupia home during the early hours of yesterday morning.........Quote.


Another fine example why Guyanese coolies should stay OUT of T&T! ah tell alyuh get Jagdeo to Evacuate guyanese OUT of T&T before they become victims of "crime" in T&T.(plz pass the word around)

3 Guyanese held for selling fuel
Caught on fishing trawler



By Jensen LaVende



Story Created: Oct 21, 2011 at 11:48 PM ECT
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THREE Guyanese nationals are now assisting Customs officers with their investigations into fuel bunkering after they were arrested aboard a fishing trawler on Thursday afternoon.

According to public affairs officer of the Defence Force Captain Al Alexander, the seized ships are now at the Coast Guard Base in Staubles Bay, Chaguaramas, as investigations are continuing.

Alexander disclosed the information during the daily state of emergency news conference at the Police Administration Building, Sackville Street, Port of Spain, yesterday. Alexander said around 1.40 p.m., Coast Guard officers were called out after the trawling boat was seen at 1.5 nautical miles south of Crews Inn, Chaguaramas.

The three Guyanese nationals were arrested by members of the Coast Guard and handed over to Customs and Excise.

Some four hours later, Coast Guard officers were again called out after a Guyanese fishing trawler was spotted off Orange Valley and believed to have been bunkering fuel as well.

The incident occurred around 6.21 p.m. The boat had on board "tools for the trade", Alexander said, along with converted spaces capable of transporting fuel.

Asked why a member of the Coast Guard was allowed to resign with full benefits instead of being kicked out after pleading guilty to fuel bunkering, Alexander said he was unaware of the proceedings but will look into it.

And Eric, That's only a small part as compared with manning's country..

keep reporting the news..

Sisters in court for guns, ammo



Story Created: Oct 31, 2011 at 12:52 AM ECT
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Sisters charged with possession of guns and ammunition are expected to appear before a Point Fortin magistrate today.

The women, ages 32 and 36, were jointly charged with a 39-year-old man for possession of the illegal items.

It was around 4 a.m. on Saturday morning officers searched a house at Filtration Road, Guapo and found a Magnum revolver, a .38 revolver and three rounds of ammunition in bags in a freezer.

A bag with 680 grammes of marijuana was also found at the house.

The party of officers, including ASP Belfon, Senior Superintendent Ramsey and Sampath, Inspector Cedari and Sergeant Granger were involved in the exercise.

Over the weekend officers from the same division also issued 99 tickets for various offences. Several of the perpetrators are due to make court appearances today.

In the Central Division, Task Force, officers led by ASP Johnnie Abraham and WP Corporal Lowtan found a total of $300,000 worth of drugs in building blocks at a house and on a man hiding in bushes.

The 35-year-old man was spotted in the bushes along Roopsingh Road, Carapichaima, and was found with a plastic bottle containing marijuana and cocaine.

The man was taken to the Longdenville police post and charged with having the drugs for the purpose of trafficking.

A quantity of drugs was also found in building blocks during a separate search of a house at Todd's Road.

During a eight-hour exercise spearheaded by Acting Sgt Aroon, constables Maharaj and Ramsaran in Cunupia over the weekend, 14 people were nabbed.

Three were Guyanese nationals who breached the curfew.

The others were charged with traffic offences, possession of narcotics, having devices for smoking drugs and possession of items to break into houses. —NB

Guyanese cargo vessel goes missing after leaving T&T



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GEORGETOWN



The Guyanese Civil Aviation Authority is seeking the assistance of all marine vessels and low-flying aircraft to be on the lookout for a 56-foot marine cargo vessel, MV Oliver L, which reportedly went missing after leaving neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago recently en route to Guyana.

Officials of the Guyanese Public Works Ministry, Maritime Administration Department (MARAD), Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Coast Guard have met with the operator of the missing vessel, Jonny Ramdass, to discuss the issue.

The Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard is searching for the vessel and its occupants in waters east and south of the country, while the Venezuelan Coast Guard is combing the mouth of the Orinoco River, according to a statement from the Guyanese government.

The statement added that the GDF Coast Guard has supplemented efforts with an ongoing search.

The MV Oliver L, which has a black hull, a white superstructure and captained by Lexton Andrews, was reported missing on December 30.

The government statement gave no further details regarding the number of people on board the vessel but added that there is concern about the safety of the crew since the vessel has a satellite phone.