Trinidad and Tobago: Two men will appear in the Arima Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, September 1, 2022, after being charged with several firearms possession charges.
DANE MARAJ, 38, of Timberland Park, D’Abadie was charged with transfer of firearms, possession of firearms (parts), possession of firearms in violation of a firearm user’s license and trafficking in firearms. While ROLAND SURAJDEEN, 47, of Palmiste, San Fernando, was charged with possession of a firearm (part) and violation of the conditions of a firearm user’s license.
According to police reports, at around 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 28, officers of the Highway Patrol Task Force were conducting road traffic exercises in accordance with the patrol policy, along the northbound lane of the Sir Solomon Hochoy Expressway, in near the Brian Lara Cricket Academy, when they stopped a white Mercedes Benz with a male passenger.
After checking the vehicle, the officers found about a part of the firearm. Further, the officials went to the suspect’s house with an executed search warrant. Further search led them to find 40 rounds of nine millimeter ammunition in their premises.
Upon further investigation, officers located a large quantity of firearms, ammunition and firearm components, namely slides and barrels were allegedly recovered. Both men were arrested and charged on Wednesday, August 31, 2022.
Snr Supt Wayne Mystar, Head of Traffic and Highways Patrol, said he was pleased the new grid system was having an impact on the seizure of illegal firearms, narcotics and the arrest of criminals. He added that he expects more success in the coming months as the new network system expands across the country.
Meanwhile, at around 11.45pm on August 30, a 17-year-old man was arrested after officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and South West Division Task Force (SWDTF) executed a search warrant at the house located on Sunrees Road, Criminal. . During a search of the premises, officers found a 38 Special revolver, which contained three rounds of .38 Special ammunition, among a pile of clothes wrapped in a jacket belonging to the suspect.
Additionally, during a walk and check exercise conducted in the North Central, North and North East Divisions, between 11pm on August 30 and 5am today, officers acting on information went to Roble Street , Morvant. Officers conducted a search near a boiler, where a black plastic bag containing a Rossi .38 revolver with five rounds of .38 special ammunition and a transparent plastic wrapper containing 190 grams of marijuana were seized. PC Noriega is continuing the investigation.
