One man was arrested by the Mayaro Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the Mayaro Task Force and a quantity of cheese, birds and fish was confiscated.

The arrest happened yesterday, October 9.

According to the TTPS:

“Officers of the Mayaro Police Station were on an anti-crime exercise when they proceeded to Sea Spray Road, Manzanilla Road, Mayaro where they conducted surveillance. During the surveillance, the officers saw three persons removing items from a boat. The items were later identified as 10 buckets of cheese, four cattle, ten yellow and blue macaws, seven yellow head parrots in crocus bags, and three cages with a quantity of Bull Finch birds.

As the officers approached the boat, two individuals ran along the shoreline into some nearby bushes. A chase ensued and a 27-year- old man from Eccles Road Mayaro was arrested.

PC Guerra in continuing investigations in collaboration with thee Fisheries and Customs Divisions.”