TWO Trinidadian men were arrested and charged in the Eastern District of Louisiana for conspiracy to import cocaine into the US.

In a news release on December 12, the US Embassy said Daveanan Deonarine and Michael Samsondar were arrested on provisional warrants on December 10 by personnel from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Vetted Unit, supported by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) Special Investigative Unit (SIU).

It said the charges stem from a DEA investigation, which led to the seizure of 168 kilogrammes of cocaine valued at $234 million on May 18, 2023, in Trinidad.