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A 23-year-old man from Arouca was arrested on Wednesday after allegedly impersonating a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service and being found with several counterfeit police items.

According to police, officers conducted an intelligence-led operation around 12.30 p.m. on March 4 in the Piarco Old Road area following reports that a suspicious individual believed to be armed was posing as a police officer.

The operation involved officers from the North Central Division Task Force West, the North Central Division Task Force East, and Special Branch.