Three men were tak­en in­to cus­tody by of­fi­cers from the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) be­tween Sun­day night and ear­ly yes­ter­day, af­ter they were caught at­tempt­ing to smug­gle con­tra­band in­to the Max­i­mum Se­cu­ri­ty Prison (MSP) in Arou­ca via a drone.

And a sub­se­quent raid by po­lice with­in the fa­cil­i­ty led to the seizure of sev­er­al con­tra­band items stashed with­in cells by pris­on­ers.

Dur­ing the op­er­a­tion be­tween 7 pm Sun­day and 6 am yes­ter­day, Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro di­rect­ed a mul­ti-agency team in the lat­est at­tempt to erad­i­cate the il­le­gal smug­gling of con­tra­band in­to the MSP.