Trinidad Court docket denies bail to man who imported excessive powered rifles

A 26-year-old Trinidadian man was denied bail when he appeared in a Couva Justice of the Peace Court docket, in west-central Trinidad, charged with importing a cache of weapons.

The courtroom heard that Shaquille Joseph was arrested in reference to the invention of the weapons which included, 9 high-powered rifles, 23 ammunition magazines, three rifle barrels, one silencer, one double barrel drum and different firearm equipment.

A press release from the Customs and Excise Division mentioned he was arrested on December 29.

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Joseph was additionally charged with packing the weapons in a fashion to deceive officers. Each costs have been laid, and he was not referred to as on to plead. He’s anticipated to reappear in courtroom on January 31.

The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) mentioned a strategic train involving completely different arms of regulation enforcement, led to the seizure of the high-powered firearms, ammunition and element components.

It mentioned the authorities had performed an ongoing profiling operation, at a bond situated in Central Trinidad and a package deal consigned to a Chaguanas man was ‘suspected’ and saved beneath statement.

“As such, each consignee and package deal have been secured, and the package deal was searched. In the course of the search, the officers noticed that the body of the package deal consisted of a hidden backside compartment. When the workforce of officers additional checked the compartment, a big amount of high-powered firearms, magazines, and different parts components for firearms have been discovered,” the TTPS added.

Trinidad and Tobago recorded 605 murders, most carried out with unlawful firearms in 2022. To this point this 12 months, six folks have been shot and killed.

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