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Five held, millions in marijuana seized in Tobago
Thursday 24 December 2020
Jovel Espinoza was one of five men arrested and charged for the possession of marijuana in a boat off the coast of Tobago earlier this week.
Espinoza remained in custody when he appeared before a Scarborough magistrate on Tuesday to answer the charges.
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A joint police and Coast Guard exercise off the coast of Tobago led to the arrest of five men and the seizure of $5.8 million in marijuana.
A police media release on Thursday reported that members of the Special Investigations Unit, the Scarborough Divisional Task Force and the Coast Guard received information that a suspicious vessel was adrift off the southwestern coast of Tobago.