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EIGHT police officers who were charged in 2023 in connection with an investigation into alleged irregularities at the Firearm Unit of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) have now been committed to stand trial.

The officers were committed yesterday following the completion of a sufficiency hearing before Master Margaret Sookraj-Goswami and will now face trial before High Court Justice Kathy Ann Waterman Latchoo.

The accused are ASP Aaron Beddoe, Sgt David Swanson, Sgt Cindy Ann Chase, Sgt Lincoln Bonnett, acting Sgt Deyna Gibbons, Sgt Mervyn Roopchand, Cpl Marvin Diaz and PC Natasha Phillips-Paul. They are jointly charged with misbehaviour in public office, arising out of allegations that they conspired to issue approval letters to firearm holders for the purchase of additional rounds of ammunition.