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Cops to probe Latino prostitution ring
Senior Supt of the Southern Division Zamsheed Mohammed has given the assurance an investigation will be launched into the allegations of a Latino prostitution ring in South Trinidad that is being...
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Five in court for airport cocaine bust
Two cargo handlers, two security guards and a passenger appeared in court yesterday charged for what police have described as the single largest cocaine bust at Piarco Airport.The five accused were...
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Senior lawyers knock Young
Seven senior attorneys practising before the criminal bar are condemning statements made by acting Attorney General Stuart Young where he claimed some lawyers were assisting gang leaders to run their...
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$345,000 for false gun, drug charges
The State has to pay more than $345,000 in compensation to two men who were beaten by the police and framed on firearm, ammunition and marijuana charges.In awarding the money to friends Richard Caesar,...
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Father claiming ‘woman problems’ jailed for cocaine
A father of 13 who claimed he turned to cocaine to ease his “woman problems” was jailed for five months yesterday.Atherly Williams, 47, seemed amused by the incident, chuckling as he explained how he...
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Retiree fined for having bogus car insurance
For uttering a fake insurance policy at a police station after an accident, a 62-year-old man was yesterday ordered to pay a $1,800 fine forthwith.Ramchan Ramdass, a retired messenger from the Ministry...
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2 slain, five hurt in drive-by
The murder toll rose to 192 yesterday following the murders of three people, including a 16-year-old schoolboy in South.The murders occurred from Monday night into yesterday morning in Diego Martin and...
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Footballer killed on 16th birthday
Shiva Boys Hindu College footballer Noah Simmons had planned to spend his birthday at the Marabella Family Crisis Centre, where he and the forgotten youths of the old train line community sought refuge...
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Counselling for dead officer’s colleagues
Colleagues of Sgt Darryl Honore are said to be receiving counselling since getting news of his passing on Sunday night.Up to yesterday, several officers who worked closely with him were said to be very...
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Govt plans $9B housing plan
In a bid to provide shelter for the growing number of Housing Development Corporation (HDC) applicants, Prime Minister and Minister of Housing and Urban Development Dr Keith Rowley plans to inject $9...
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4th man arrested in cop’s murder
A fourth man, a security guard, has been charged with the murder of police constable Richard Babwah.He has been identified as Akinola “Shorty” Davis, 27, of Production Drive, Sea Lots.He was also...
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Cops seize $1m in drugs after men crash SUV
Investigators are probing whether the New Cut Channel and the Godineau River are being used by drug smugglers after a seizing over a million dollars worth of drugs and guns at the scene of an accident...
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No gas hike coming—Imbert
There would not be an increase in the price of gasoline in tomorrow’s mid-year review of the 2018 Budget, Finance Minister Colm Imbert has indicated.Imbert gave the hint during yesterday’s Standing...
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UNC mulls motion against Dillon
Two weeks after filing a no-confidence motion against Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan for a collapsed seabridge, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is training her guns on National...
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Activist warns against vigilante justice beatings of sex predators
Woman’s activist and former Coalition Against Domestic Violence head Diana Mahabir-Wyatt has warned citizens that it is against the law for communities to beat child predators and molesters when they...
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Job to be buried Friday
Former parliamentarian Morgan Job will be laid to rest on Friday. A statement yesterday said Job’s funeral service will be held at the Trinity Cathedral, Port-of-Spain. The service begins at 2.30 pm...
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It’s a fake—producer
The rough time the T&T Police Service (TTPS) was experiencing got even worse yesterday, after a marked police vehicle in a music video glamorising the use of weed surfaced online.The music video,...
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Honore killed by ‘powerful’ bullets
The bullets that killed Sgt Darryl Honore were not the standard ammunition used by licensed firearm holders in T&T. Rather, they were the deadly hollow point bullets which are proven to be more...
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Lee Sing anxious over Pandays’ meeting
Former PNM minister Mariano Browne has been invited to the upcoming meeting involving the Basdeo Panday family which will explore new political possibilities - but he says he will be out of...
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Cops beef up patrols
The murder toll now stands at 194 following three murders yesterday morning, one of which was said to be a “case of mistaken identity.”The incidents took place in Cocorite and Carenage.In the first...
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