Eliz­a­beth Gon­za­les

A busi­ness­man and a farmer were ar­rest­ed fol­low­ing a ma­jor drug bust in Bon Ac­cord on Thurs­day af­ter­noon.

Of­fi­cers seized large quan­ti­ties of il­le­gal drugs, cash, and drug-re­lat­ed equip­ment dur­ing an op­er­a­tion at Kil­gwyn Bay Road, near the Bon Ac­cord Gov­ern­ment Pri­ma­ry School. The To­ba­go Di­vi­sion­al Task Force along with the Ca­nine Unit, con­duct­ed the op­er­a­tion be­tween 2 pm and 5 pm.

It was led by ACP Os­wain Subero, co­or­di­nat­ed by Snr Supt Earl Elie, and spear­head­ed by ASP Lee­tang and Sgt Har­ris.

Fol­low­ing weeks of sur­veil­lance and in­tel­li­gence as part of an SoE op­er­a­tion, of­fi­cers raid­ed the home and busi­ness place of the sus­pect. They seized 2,972 grams of cannabis, 256 grams of co­caine, 28 ec­sta­sy pills weigh­ing 15 grams, and five grams of a sub­stance be­lieved to be crys­tal meth.

Of­fi­cers al­so found and con­fis­cat­ed pep­per spray, as well as TTD$377,373 and USD$355 in US cur­ren­cy. Sev­er­al scales, a vac­u­um seal­er, and pack­ag­ing ma­te­ri­als were al­so seized.

A known nar­cotics of­fend­er, who was al­so at the lo­ca­tion, was searched, and of­fi­cers al­leged­ly found 14 grams of co­caine in his pos­ses­sion. Both men were ar­rest­ed for drug traf­fick­ing of­fences.