PM praises radar assistance in drug bust
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December 12, 2025
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PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar continued to defend the installation of a US military radar at ANR International Robinson Airport in Tobago, by endorsing Commissioner of Police Allister Guevarro's crediting of the radar's use in helping police seize $171 million marijuana in an unmanned boat in the Caroni Swamp.
She made her statement when she addressed a Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) awards ceremony at Government Campus Plaza, Port of Spain on December 11.
Persad-Bissessar said, "Using the radar that we installed in Tobago. We were able today to drug bust $171 million worth of illegal drugs in TT."
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