For­mer na­tion­al foot­baller Kevin Moli­no and na­tion­al play­er Jo­evin Jones yes­ter­day have iden­ti­fied them­selves as the two lo­cal pro­fes­sion­al foot­ballers that were al­leged­ly caught in a Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) sting op­er­a­tion on Tues­day in con­nec­tion with the dis­cov­ery of a quan­ti­ty of drugs at a Boy Cato Road, St. He­le­na house and was re­port­ed­ly re­leased with­out charge. Both play­ers is­sued state­ments on their in­sta­gram han­dles on so­cial me­dia.

In a state­ment to the pub­lic, Moli­no wrote, “Over the past few days, there has been a lot of pub­lic dis­cus­sion sur­round­ing my de­ten­tion in con­nec­tion with a po­lice in­ves­ti­ga­tion ear­li­er this week. I co­op­er­at­ed ful­ly with the au­thor­i­ties through­out the process and was re­leased with­out charge. This has un­der­stand­ably been a dif­fi­cult and emo­tion­al ex­pe­ri­ence for me and for those clos­est to me, es­pe­cial­ly my chil­dren and fam­i­ly. I am deeply grate­ful for the sup­port, en­cour­age­ment and prayers I have re­ceived from team­mates, friends, sup­port­ers and mem­bers of the pub­lic.

Foot­ball has giv­en me op­por­tu­ni­ties and ex­pe­ri­ences that I have nev­er tak­en for grant­ed. From rep­re­sent­ing Trinidad and To­ba­go as cap­tain of the na­tion­al team, to play­ing pro­fes­sion­al­ly abroad, and con­tin­u­ing my ca­reer to­day, I have al­ways tried to car­ry my­self with dis­ci­pline, hu­mil­i­ty and re­spect.