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Sixty-two-year-old Deonarine Ramphuray is expected to appear virtually before a Port-of-Spain Magistrate today charged with possession of ammunition.
According to police reports, during an anti-crime exercise in Maracas officers observed a man seated under a shed with a bag, upon seeing the officers he dropped the bag. Officers searched the bag and found 37 12-gauge cartridges. Ramphuray was subsequently arrested.
As the exercise continued and based on information received, the officers proceeded to a bushy area in Maracas where a search was conducted. As a result of the search, 40 fully-grown marijuana trees were seized and destroyed.
The trees had an estimated street value of $40,000. PC George is continuing the investigations into this matter. The exercises were spearheaded by Snr. Supt Winston Maharaj, Supt Alexander, Supt Ramjohn, ASPs Beharry and Archibald and supervised by Insp Bharath and Sgt. Mitchell, Cpls Gordon and Dhill.
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A marijuana eradication exercise in Morvant on Monday morning led to the destruction of 40 fully grown marijuana trees which had a street value of $40,000.
The operation took place under the supervision of Snr Supt Maharaj, Supt Ramjohn, Supt Alexander, ASP Beharry, and others.
It was coordinated by Insp Bharath and Sgt Mitchell.
The officers journeyed up a mountain side in the Morvant district where they located the field.
It was recorded and destroyed.
Meanwhile, police are once again reminding citizens that the legal limit of marijuana is 30 grammes.
The reminder comes after 500 grammes of the drug were found along Cunapo Southern Main Road in Sangre Grande.