A 23-year-old po­lice of­fi­cer is due to ap­pear be­fore the court on Mon­day charged with mis­be­hav­iour in pub­lic of­fice af­ter a po­lice-is­sued firearm, mag­a­zine and am­mu­ni­tion were re­port­ed miss­ing from the Ma­yaro Po­lice Sta­tion.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) said the weapon was dis­cov­ered miss­ing dur­ing in­ter­nal checks at the sta­tion on Ju­ly 29. An in­ter­nal in­ves­ti­ga­tion was launched im­me­di­ate­ly, lead­ing to the re­cov­ery of the firearm, mag­a­zine and am­mu­ni­tion.

Guardian Me­dia un­der­stands the firearm was re­turned to the sta­tion be­fore it was re­cov­ered by in­ves­ti­ga­tors. Sources said of­fi­cers from the Pro­fes­sion­al Stan­dards Bu­reau vis­it­ed the Ma­yaro Po­lice Sta­tion dur­ing the in­ves­ti­ga­tion, seiz­ing sta­tion records and in­ter­view­ing of­fi­cers.