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An in­tel­li­gence-led op­er­a­tion in Point Fortin has re­sult­ed in the seizure of an es­ti­mat­ed TT$56 mil­lion worth of cannabis – the sec­ond ma­jor drug bust by the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) in the space of 24 hours.

It comes hours af­ter the TTPS re­cov­ered 1,560 kilo­grammes of “creepy mar­i­jua­na” with an es­ti­mat­ed street val­ue of $171,205,320 in the Ca­roni Swamp on Wednes­day night.

Ac­cord­ing to the TTPS, the lat­est ex­er­cise took place on Thurs­day be­tween 4:30 pm and 8:30 pm. The op­er­a­tion was led by Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro. Dur­ing the op­er­a­tion, of­fi­cers pro­ceed­ed to a re­mote forest­ed lo­ca­tion off South Cen­tral Road, Cap-De-Ville, Point Fortin. A search of the area led to the dis­cov­ery of 23 bales of cannabis. The pack­ages were found wrapped in black plas­tic.