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DEREK ACHONG

The Prison Of­fi­cers’ As­so­ci­a­tion (POA) has com­mend­ed some of its mem­bers for as­sist­ing in ex­pos­ing a col­league, who has been charged with al­leged­ly smug­gling con­tra­band, in­clud­ing co­caine, in­to the Max­i­mum Se­cu­ri­ty Prison (MSP) in Arou­ca.

Con­tact­ed yes­ter­day to re­spond to a press re­lease is­sued by the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) out­lin­ing the of­fi­cer’s ar­rest, POA pres­i­dent Ger­ard Gor­don thanked un­named mem­bers of his or­gan­i­sa­tion for stand­ing up against their col­league’s al­leged il­lic­it ac­tiv­i­ties.