Inmates threaten to throw faeces at officers
An incident in which prisoners were allegedly holding a police officer “hostage” at the Besson Street Police Station, by preventing him from moving about freely, resulted in officers of the Guard and ...
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Maraval murder accused to appear in court
A 39-year-old Maraval man who jumped from the 11th floor of Riverside Plaza was due to appear in court on Friday to answer charges of murder, kidnapping, and attempted suicide, among others. A...
Hinds defends wider Beetham residents over flood incident
Acting Attorney General Fitzgerald Hinds is calling on the public to avoid the old adage, ‘Peter pay for Paul and Paul pay for all’, as it relates to the recent flood bath he received by some Beetham ...
Fitzgerald Hinds files police report over Beetham flood bath
Acting Attorney General and MP for Laventille West, Fitzgerald Hinds has made a report to the Besson Street Police Station over the Beetham wetting incident. Hinds visited residents at Beetha...
Cops nab maxi taxi purse thief
A 39-year-old man was arrested shortly after robbing a woman of her purse while in a maxi along the Priority Bus Route on Saturday. The 22-year-old woman from Piarco told officers attached to the I...
SRP granted $20K bail for stealing $500
A Special Reserve Police Constable with five years’ service was granted $20,000 bail with surety after appearing before a Port of Spain Magistrate last Wednesday, charged with misbehaviour in public o...
Cops called out to Laventille primary school as spent shells found
Police had to be called out to a primary school Friday morning after teachers reportedly recovered several spent shells on the compound. According to police reports, around 8:30 pm on Thursday, res...
Police to ramp up patrols as gang violence increases in Laventille
Besson Street Police were called out to the scene of a shooting in Laventille last night as the ongoing gang violence continues. No one was injured in last night’s incident, however. As a r...
Man still critical after jumping from police building
The 39-year-old man who jumped out of an eleventh-storey window at Riverside Plaza is said to still be warded at the Port of Spain General Hospital under police guard in a critical condition. ...
Maxi taxi passengers robbed on the PBR
Two reports in which passengers of taxis were robbed are currently engaging the attention of officers of the Besson Street Police Station. In one incident, the victim from Upper Laventille Road, La...