Vaughn “Sandman” Mieres has been charged with conspiracy to murder in the attempted hit on Selwyn “Robocop” Alexis in October 2014, the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service stated last night.
The charge comes more than a year after Alexis was shot dead.
On July 17 last year, Alexis and two others were shot dead at his Enterprise, Chaguanas business place.
Mieres was held by police during an anti-crime exercise in Las Cuevas between Independence Day (August 31) and Friday.
In a release over the weekend, the police service stated that officers executed a search warrant at Mieres’ home and seized US$5,330, TT$1,100 as well as camouflage clothing.
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard subsequently advised them to charge Mieres.
Mieres is expected to appear before a Port-of-Spain magistrate today.
The Organised Crime Narcotics and Firearms Bureau (OCNFB), Financial Investigations Branch (FIB), Criminal Gang Intelligence Unit (CGIU), Inter-Agency Task Force and the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) were all said to have been involved in the exercise.