Commissioner of Police (CoP) Allister Guevarro, accompanied by a team that included members of the Special Branch, visited the site of an illegal quarry in Manuel Congo, on July 2.

A source close to the investigation said the location had been under surveillance by the Multi-Agency Task Force.

On June 29, an illegal quarry operator was reported to be pumping tonnes of silt into the Guanapo River, threatening to disrupt the water supply for thousands of residents. Earlier, on June 25, officers of the elite Multi-Agency Task Force had been alerted to the illegal quarrying activity, and a report was sent to the commissioner’s office.