The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has reported a shortage of illegal narcotics in the country following recent US-led counter-narcotics operations targeting drug trafficking routes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific regions.

Commissioner of Police Allister Guevarro said on Tuesday that intelligence gathered by the TTPS and partner agencies confirms that the disruption of maritime drug routes has reduced the inflow of narcotics into Trinidad and Tobago. This, coupled with intensified police operations within the territories of the twin-island republic, has led to a shortage of drugs, and as a result, notable price increase in available narcotics.

“Since the bombings started, on September 12, the TTPS coordination with the TTCG (Coast Guard), we seized 268kgs of Colombian creepy marijuana, valued at 29 million plus dollars. On September 30, we executed a targeted operation in Fyzabad and we seized 201kgs of Colombian creepy marijuana valued at 22 million dollars.