The TTPS has disclosed that they believe they have made a significant dent in the operations of an Organised Criminal Group (OCG) having destroyed over $10,000,000 worth of marijuana yesterday during an anti-gang operation in the Sangre Grande area.

According to a statement from the TTPS, During the operation, executed by the Eastern Division Gang and Intelligence Unit (EDGIU) and the Eastern Division Task Force, in collaboration with the Region Two Gang Unit and the Air Support Unit journeyed three miles into a forested area of the Upper Cunapo Road, Sangre Grande, where the officers located two camps outfitted with solar panels, equipped with water tanks and air condition units and other amenities.

Police later seized and destroyed 111 kilogrammes of cured marijuana with an estimated street value of $3,333,341. Law enforcement also destroyed 2550 marijuana plants with a combined weight of 255 kilogrammes of local marijuana with an estimated street value of $7,632,405. The local marijuana was eradicated on three acres of forested lands.

Two grow houses equipped with solar panels and air conditioning units were also located and destroyed as part of the operation. The grand total of the operation is an estimated $10,965,746.

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