T&T Ten Venezuelans held, rifle and ammunition seized

Ten Venezuelans held, rifle and ammunition seized

Ten Venezuelan nationals were arrested and a rifle along with a quantity of ammunition seized during anti-crime exercises conducted in the South Western and Port of Spain Divisions on Monday.Between 7 am and 9 am, officers of the Inter-Agency Task Force executed an exercise at the Nelson Street Plannings, Port of Spain. A search of a building led to the discovery of one rifle, fitted with a magazine containing 22 rounds of 5.56 ammunition, wrapped in plastic and hidden on the rooftop.

The exercise was coordinated by ACP Hazel, Snr. Supt. Sooker, Supt. Ramsook, and ASP Singh.

Meanwhile, around 7:05 a.m, officers of the South Western Division intercepted a vessel approximately one mile off the Erin coast. On board were ten Venezuelan nationals, ranging in age from 7 to 25, who were detained. Officials of the Immigration Department and the Children’s Authority were notified.

No word, no ransom: Family begs for safe release of missing businessman

“Whoever is holding him captive, please release him. He is ailing and he needs his medication. He has a hip problem, which causes him to walk with a limp. He is a hypertension patient and he takes regular medication to control it. We are very worried,” the relative shared.

The relative described Ali as a man without enemies.THE family of missing businessman Imraz Ali, commonly called Clubs, is pleading with his captors for his safe release.They say 60-year-old Ali is ailing and requires regular medication to treat his chronic illnesses.Ali, of Ajodha Road, Cunupia, was last seen on Thursday leaving his home in his white-coloured Toyota Crown, registration number PBT 7377.

As US ramps up military presence, appeals for help in narco-sub tragedy

THE brother of missing Coast Guard officer Able Seaman Keiron Simon—who entered a narco-submarine as part of a multinational drug ope­ration before it sank in February—is appealing for the aid of the US government in retrieving the vessel, and likely his brother’s remains, from the ocean floor.Speaking to the Express yesterday, the missing officer’s brother Kevlon Simon said he was making the appeal to the US as he had grown desperate without answers from the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard (TTCG).

“The last I spoke to them weeks ago, they said they got a company to make the recovery and there would be a whole set of paperwork involved. They located the vessel a long time ago but, to date, nobody from the Government has contacted the family for 200 days,” he said.“The vessel was intercepted by a Coast Guard patrol boat, and three foreign nationals were removed and taken aboard the patrol boat for safekeeping, as the vessel of interest had begun taking in water.On February 20, Keiron Simon was on a team of TTCG officers who intercepted the narco-submarine between Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada. He and another officer had boarded the vessel and removed three of its crew members. He reportedly entered the vessel to look for others when it sank.

“The sailor who had remained above deck was thrown into the water, while the other became trapped inside as the vessel sank from sight,” it said in its statement.In March, the Express reported that senior police sources who have been assisting in the investigation claimed the semi-submersible or low-profile vessel had been transporting a large shipment of illegal drugs and was submerged about 300 metres below the ocean.

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