Author: Laurel V Williams

NOVEMBER 28 marked the first death anniversary of 25-year-old murder victim Antonio “Russian” Manickchand of Barrackpore. To this day, the suspect remains at large. Manickchand’s grieving mother Cassie Manickchand told Newsday that the family held a prayer service in honour of her son’s memory on the anniversary of his death. Manickchand was brutally beaten with […]

A multi-agency anti-crime operation in the Central Division led to the discovery of a quantity of compressed marijuana in an abandoned boat and a quantity of ammunition in Couva on December 7. The intelligence-led operation was co-ordinated by Snr Supt Carty, Supt Glodon, ASP Reyes and Insp Petti and led by Sgt Blackman. It took […]

ONE of three men dropped a loaded gun while jumping over a wall to escape being arrested in Valencia on the night of December 7. The police secured the black pistol, fitted with a magazine and 12 rounds of 9mm ammunition as evidence. However, the suspects escaped, and police said they are continuing their efforts […]

Fire officers extinguished a blaze at one of the apartments at Maloney Gardens, early on December 7, before it spread to other units. A media release from the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) said the fire started at around 3.30 am on the second floor of Building 17. Initial reports said a resident was boiling water […]

Arima police, who went to the home of a 40-year-old man in Guayaguayare to search for guns and ammunition, instead found a quantity of cocaine on December 6. The homeowner was immediately arrested. The cocaine has an estimated street value of $7,000. The police said around 3 pm, the officers went to the house in […]

Two early morning accidents in Barataria and Gasparillo have claimed the lives of two people. The first accident occurred around 3 am at Fifth Street, near Don Miguel Road, in Barataria. Initial reports said Randy Persad, 44, was driving his car when he lost control, causing the car to crash into the concrete median. Persad, […]

The 21-year-old man from Claxton Bay who was detained last weekend in connection with the shooting deaths of a couple from the same community has been release from custody, pending further investigation. On December 6, Homicide Bureau of Investigations, Region Three, police confirmed that the suspect was released without charge on the instructions from the […]

THE quick thinking of a store worker led to the arrest of an 18-year-old suspect inside a jewellery store in Rio Claro. Police said the suspect walked into a Brazilian jewelry store on Naparima Mayaro Road shortly after 9 am on December 3 and announced a robbery. He also pushed a broken glass bottle near […]

A man from southwest Trinidad has been sentenced to one year in prison after pleading guilty to having cocaine. Antonio Coutou, 58, from SS Erin Road in Rancho Quemado, appeared before High Court Master Margaret Sookraj-Goswami at the North A Court on December 2. Coutou was arrested during a joint anti-crime operation by the South […]

A SHOOTING in Claxton Bay on the night of November 28 has claimed the lives of a couple, two minors including a seven-month-old baby were unhurt. Scrap iron worker Basdeo Lallan, 49, and his girlfriend Whitney Narine, 21, of Teak Drive in Macaulay died on the spot. Police said around 9 pm, gunshots were heard […]