A Canadian man and a Guyanese woman are expected to appear before a Port of Spain Magistrate on Monday, charged with trafficking counterfeit cards and possession of card-making equipment.

Kingson Yogonathan, 30, a Canadian national, of Pine Place, Mausica, was charged with two counts of trafficking in counterfeit cards and one count of possession of card-making equipment, while Geeta Mohabir, 27, a Guyanese national, of the same address, was charged with one count of possession of card-making equipment and one count of trafficking in counterfeit cards.

The two were held by officers of the ABM Task Force, during an anti-crime exercise conducted in the Northern and Central Divisions on Thursday.

During the exercise, officers proceeded to an apartment at Pine Place, Mausica, where they observed a male suspect leaving the premises in a motor vehicle. The car was intercepted and the man searched, which resulted in four counterfeit cards, along with several ATM receipts, being found hidden in his left shoe.

A further search of the apartment resulted in one bulletproof vest, a red dot scope, a quantity of card skimming equipment and a quantity of counterfeit cards being found and seized.