A special team is being assembled as police continue to search for Debe hair stylist Ria Sookdeo, who was abducted in Picton on Thursday morning.
Investigators said several officers have been called out to work with the hope of finding Sookdeo soon.
Up to 4. 30 pm, Southern Division police with aerial support from two National Operation Centre helicopters were searching St Mary's, Moruga, Barrackpore and Debe while South Western Division have joined in, searching the Cedros and Los Bajos areas.
Meanwhile, CCTV footage from various areas are being checked for any signs of Sookdeo or the black Nissan X-Trail that was used in her abduction.
So far her abductors have not contacted her family for a ransom. Police said that around 8. 30 am, Sookdeo, 34, of Raghoo Village, Debe had just dropped off her two children, Elana, nine and Tores, five, at the Picton Presbyterian Primary School.
As she drove up to Picton Estate Drive, near the Jaya Shri Rama Ashram, to turn her red Nissan X-Trail SUV around, a black-Nissan X-Trail SUV pulled up behind, blocking her path.
Two men, allegedly wearing tactical gear, forced her out the SUV and into theirs, and drove off. Police said the abductor's SUV had a false registration number. Her husband Mark Sookdeo said he was unsure whether an altercation at school where Tores was bullied last week had anything to do with her abduction.
Meanwhile, relatives have taken to the streets to distribute flyers about her abduction. Anyone with information can liaise directly with the San Fernando CID's Insp Don Gajadhar, Sgt Natasha Morrison or Cpl Barry Bacchus at 652-2564
