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Nineteen people, including a company director, are expected to be questioned after they were detained during a major police raid on an illegal quarrying site along Tumpuna Road South, Arima, early yesterday.
Police said the operation followed a year of surveillance, intelligence gathering, and investigations into the illicit trade.
The exercise, which began just after 5 am, was led by officers of the Multi-Agency Task Force (MATF), supported by the National Special Operations Unit (NSOU), the Multi-Operational Police Squad (MOPS), and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).
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