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Of­fi­cers of the Port of Spain Di­vi­sion ar­rest­ed a for­eign na­tion­al and seized a quan­ti­ty of sus­pect­ed Ke­t­a­mine dur­ing an an­ti-nar­cotics ex­er­cise in Arou­ca on Fri­day.

Po­lice said the ex­er­cise took place be­tween 10 am and 3 pm on Feb­ru­ary 21, af­ter of­fi­cers re­ceived in­tel­li­gence re­gard­ing a per­son al­leged­ly in pos­ses­sion of nar­cotics at a ho­tel along the East­ern Main Road.

Around 10.40 am, of­fi­cers went to the ho­tel and were grant­ed ac­cess to a room oc­cu­pied by the sus­pect. Af­ter iden­ti­fy­ing them­selves and in­form­ing the oc­cu­pant of the re­port re­ceived, of­fi­cers searched a blue suit­case in the room.