Guns missing from Police station

Guns stolen from police station: 4 go to court today

Denyse Renne drenne@trinidadexpress.com


Tuesday, June 5th 2007




Four people-among them a 50-year-old Talparo man-are expected to appear before a Port of Spain magistrate today, charged with stealing four firearms from the Morvant Police Station.

The men, a 26-year-old Maracas, St Joseph resident and two 18-year-olds from Petit Valley, were charged late yesterday, after the missing guns were discovered at their various homes on Saturday afternoon.

Sources said the firearms-three pistols and a revolver-went missing from the station's property room three weeks ago.

However, they were only noticed missing on Saturday morning, after two officers requested that a check be made on the firearms, since they were exhibits which were needed for a matter in the magistrate's court yesterday.

Upon checking and noticing the firearms were missing, officers called three men who were fixing the roof in the station three weeks ago and executed a warrant to search their homes.

Police said the 50-year-old Talparo man was given one of the firearms by a worker to "hold" and will be charged with receiving the stolen gun.

At a press conference held yesterday, DCP Gilbert Reyes confirmed the incident.

This is not the first time evidence has disappeared from the Morvant Police Station.

On July 25, 2006, more than 20 police officers assigned to the charge room of the Morvant station were under investigation, after the disappearance of three kilos of pure cocaine.