Commissioner of Police Allister Guevarro has praised officers of the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) who were instrumental in a major anti-crime exercise in Central Trinidad on Wednesday which led to the seizure of $47m worth in marijuana and the arrest of two suspects.

This seizure, came on the heels of two other unrelated anti-crime exercises led by SIU officers which led to the seizure of $16m worth of cocaine and the arrest of two women at the ANR Robinson International Airport in Tobago, and the seizure of $4.4m in marijuana and arrest of a man off the Churchill Roosevelt Highway.

A TTPS press release on Thursday said that the SIU was involved in a "high-impact, intelligence-led" operation in Central Division which led to the seizure of over 413 kilos of Colombian “Creepy” marijuana, valued at $47,687,266.44.